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New Fracking Rules
Obama administration unveils new fracking rules
The Obama administration said Friday it is tightening rules on fracking with regulations that it says will preserve the oil and gas extraction method while protecting water supplies and the environment.
The GOP hype
Industry groups immediately filed suit against the new regulations, calling them an overreaction to unsubstantiated environmental concerns about fracking.
"At a time when the oil and natural gas industry faces incredible cost uncertainties, these so-called baseline standards will threaten America's economic upturn, while further deterring energy development on federal lands," said Barry Russell, president and CEO of the Independent Petroleum Association of America.
Republican members of Congress also denounced the new regs. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said they "represent yet another attack on American jobs by President Obama, and continue his attack on American-made energy."
The reality
The new rules, which take effect in June, require oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing and to build large barriers to shield nearby water sources.
Does anyone find it an unfair burden on industry to tell us what chemicals they are using?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: New Fracking Rules
The "job killing" , "extreme" regulations merely require fracking operations to disclose what chemicals they are using, and that they take reasonable steps to protect drinking water.
Moreover, the regulations apply only to federal land where about 10% of fracking occurs.
Nor really cause to get hysterical, now is it?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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