March 14, 2016

From Forbes: It was widely acknowledged that the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s program to cut greenhouse emissions, was hard on coal. Now, upon closer examination, more experts say the plan could seriously undermine the country’s natural gas industry. For now, the CPP is on ice. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the plan on Feb. 9, sending it

From The Wall Street Journal: Natural-gas prices fell Monday, ending a string of six straight trading sessions, as revised forecasts left investors with a mixed picture for end-of-winter gas-fired heating demand. The market wavered between gains and losses for much of the day before ending down 0.2% at $1.8190 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

From The New York Times: Alaska’s schools are bleeding red ink. The University of Alaska has said it will reorganize its campuses and may have to cut more than 8 percent of the staff, but professors are already heading for the exits. The state’s largest public school district, here in Anchorage, is cutting 49 teaching positions and increasing class sizes.