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(updated 9/4/2009)
News & Updates
Natural Gas Company's Disclosure Decision Could Change Fracking Debate
July 15, 2010 (New York Times) A Texas natural gas producer's decision to voluntarily disclose the chemicals it injects into the ground could prompt other drillers to do the same, and pave the way for regulators to require such disclosure.
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Wyoming approves 'fracking' disclosure rules
June 8, 2010 (Associated Press) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state agency that oversees oil and gas development voted Tuesday to require energy companies to disclose what chemicals they're pumping underground to improve the flow of oil and gas into well bores.
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Gov. Hoeven tells EPA that N.D. can handle fracturing
May 16, 2010 (Bismarck Tribune) Gov. John Hoeven has had a series of meetings with Environmental Protection Agency leaders as the agency moves forward with a process that could end in its regulation of an oil drilling process known as fracturing.
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Offshore drilling agency to undergo radical overhaul, Salazar announces
May 12, 2010 (Washington Post). The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it would radically overhaul the government agency that oversees offshore drilling operations, under scrutiny since the oil rig explosion in the gulf.
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