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Friday, May 4, 2012

Administration issues new fracking rules

Administration issues new fracking rules

Administration issues new fracking rules

Kansas City Star -
By NEELA BANERJEE WASHINGTON - The Obama administration proposed updated rules for oil and gas development on federal lands - an effort to catch up with the boom in use of the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing - but struck a compromise ...

Federal government sets new rules for fracking on public land

Dallas Morning News (subscription) -
AP WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Friday that it will for the first time require companies drilling for oil and natural gas on public and Indian lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

New US Proposal on Fracking Gives Ground to Industry

New York Times -
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday issued a proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands that will for the first time require disclosure of the chemicals used in the process. But in a significant concession ...

Interior Sets New Drilling Rules on Public Land

ABC News -
The Obama administration said Friday it will for the first time require companies drilling for oil and natural gas on public and Indian lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The proposed "fracking" rules also set ...

US proposes new rules for fracking on federal lands

Baltimore Sun -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration unveiled long-awaited rules on Friday to bolster oversight on public lands of oil and natural gas drilling using fracking technology that has ushered in a boom in drilling but also triggered environmental ...

Obama proposes fracking companies disclose chemicals

USA TODAY -
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY As oil and gas drilling explodes nationwide, the Obama administration today proposed rules requiring the disclosure of chemicals used to extract deposits on public and Indian lands. Environmentalists say the rules don't go far ...

New Federal Fracking Rules Look Reasonable; Enviros Not Satisfied

Forbes -
Today the Department of Interior released its proposed rules governing oil and gas fracking on federal lands. If finalized they would be the first new fracking rules for federal lands since 1988. Drilling has changed a lot since then.

US proposes more fracking disclosure

AFP -
WASHINGTON — US regulators proposed Friday that companies using fracking to explore for natural gas must disclose the chemicals they use, but only after they drill -- sparking more ire from environmental activists. Under pressure to tighten regulation ...
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