INDUSTRY GROUP REFRAINS FROM OIL PROJECT DEBATE UNDER RGGI

A group with oil and gas industry ties has declined to recommend that enhanced oil recovery projects (EOR) be eligible for crediting as emissions "offsets" under the regional greenhouse gas initiative (RGGI) by Northeast states, citing skepticism the states would embrace the plan before uncertainties surrounding crediting of the projects on the international level are resolved. The move comes despite earlier indications that the group -- the Coalition for Commodity CO2 -- would file comments in late May urging that...