Hyperdynamics Corporation released a report saying that it has signed a new and more comprehensive engagement with the renowned Washington-based lobbyist law firm of Patton Boggs LLP. Hyperdynamics had originally engaged Patton Boggs over a year ago but the scope of the representation was primarily focused on helping the company develop more extensive relationships with [...]

Since he signed an order to speed state approval for 16 coal-burning power plants, Gov. Rick Perry has received more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from interests associated with the projects.
None of the governor’s rivals in the campaign has received donations from the companies, according to finance reports.
The primary beneficiary of Mr. Perry’s order last [...]

About 70 protesters denounced Gov. Rick Perry’s plan to speed approval for coal-burning power plants at a Capitol rally Friday, trying to push the issue into the governor’s re-election race.
Democrat Chris Bell told the crowd that the state deserves a governor who will not mortgage its future health “to benefit a few professional polluters who [...]

Independent gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn objected to Republican Gov. Rick Perry’s plan to speed permits for 11 coal-fired plants and called today for stricter rules to fight pollution.
Strayhorn, the state comptroller, said she would order reviews of any permits issued for the plants and “slow the process to rewrite new rules that ensure clean [...]