Lisa Bontempo

Industry members involved in the successful fight against risk management plans (RMP) six years ago take note: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is expected to introduce the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more»

For months, the Energy Information Administration has warned of this winter's rise in home heating costs for consumers. For weeks, Congressional hearings focused on issues related to energy price, supply and infrastructure. Read more»

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, seems agreeable to it. Read more»

Unexpectedly, Congress returned to Washington a few days before their regular session was scheduled to pass a $10.5 billion supplemental emergency-spending bill in reaction to the devastation and impacts of Hurricane Katrina. Read more»

What's left to say about the energy bill? Plenty. What took the U.S. Congress more than 10 years to craft and three sessions to pass overcame partisan wrangling and warfare to finally reach the president's desk for his signature. Read more»