UPDATE: Kansas City Mayor Sly James confirmed that one person has died in connection with last night’s natural gas explosion, which leveled JJ’s, a popular mid-town restaurant, shortly after 6 p.m. CST. The mayor will hold another press conference to provide additional information this afternoon at 4:45 p.m CST (5:45 p.m. EST). A massive natural
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Academy-award nominated filmmaker Josh Fox will soon release a short film called CJ’s Law that he hopes will shine a light on the workplace safety hazards faced every day by workers in the gas fields. The legislation at the heart of the film, S3466-2013, also known as CJ’s Law, would establish basic workplace safety protections
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Federal regulators are looking into volatile price swings in the natural gas commodities market that occurred during the past 12 months in connection with the release of weekly natural gas inventory information, according to an article published in The Wall Street Journal this morning. Ed. note: If you enjoy the content you get here at
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