Feds to impose hydraulic fracturing mandates
The Bureau of Land Management regulation set to be issued Friday has drawn fire from industry leaders who insist well-tailored state rules are better than one-size-fits-all federal mandates.
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Although the rule only applies to development on public and tribal lands -- where there are more than 100,000 oil and gas wells today -- environmentalists have argued that tough federal protections...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups threaten lawsuit over drilling wastewater rules
Under existing federal law, the Environmental Protection Agency is obligated to review and possibly revise regulations governing the handling of oil and gas waste every three years. But the agency's...
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