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The Environmental Protection Agency set a potentially unprecedented process in motion when it began work on Feb. 28 to preemptively block Pebble mine as an effort to protect Bristol Bay fisheries.

The most powerful individuals in the energy sector converged on Houston this week to exchange ideas and address the latest industry developments.

The bill would allow the federal coordinator for Alaska's gas-pipeline projects to work on the effort to build an 800-mile pipeline that would deliver liquefied natural gas for overseas export.

America's energy sector is enjoying an extraordinary boom. Domestic oil production is now at 8 million barrels a day -- the highest level in 25 years.

The Environmental Protection Agency set a potentially unprecedented process in motion when it began work on Feb. 28 to preemptively block Pebble mine as an effort to protect Bristol Bay fisheries.

Last week, Russia reminded the world of the role that natural resources play in politics.

Protesters take part in a 'Rise Up for the Unemployed' demonstration on Wall Street across from the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 7 in New York City.

The hallmark of a Republican policy proposal is that it can be adapted to virtually any circumstance.

The fund will provide support for projects across the nation, with wireless carriers in , President and Chief Executive Officer of GCI.

Rep. Darrell Issa, standing, chats with Alaska Congressman Don Young and Sen. Mark Begich before the hearing.

The energy industry must do more to convince the American public that U.S. oil exports are needed from a country that still imports 5 million barrels a day, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said.

Architecture and energy efficiency organizations weigh in on the latest version of The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitive Act, which could become the first piece of significant energy legislation passed by Congress in seven years.

IS PUTIN A THREAT TO EUROPE'S GAS? Vladimir Putin has the power to cut off nearly a third of Europe's natural gas supply, punishing Ukraine and any neighboring country that comes to its aid.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski tells TheStreet's Joe Deaux in Houston she doesn't believe lifting the ban on U.S. oil exports will trigger volatility in energy prices here.

Past U.S. presidents have used executive authority to allow the export of U.S. crude oil, and President Barack Obama should do the same, says Sen. Lisa Murkowski at IHS CERAweek.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski , R-Alaska, said the country has a "golden opportunity" to capitalize on oil production growth if the government allows for exports.

With the District shut down and most of Washington burying itself under the covers, hoping for this falling white stuff to just leave us the hell alone, a few members of Congress are happily going about their work.

There's been a lot of talk lately about the crude oil export ban -- a regulation on exports of crude oil that the oil industry hates.

Aerial view of Dilligham on Bristol Bay, where EPA administrator Gina McCarthy listened to people from around the region voice their opposition to the proposed Pebble mine during a meeting at the Dillingham Middle School gym on Tuesday, August 27, 2013.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, gives a keynote address on U.S. energy policy at the opening of the IHS CERAWEEK energy conference Monday, March 3, 2014, in Houston.