| Energy industry pressures Congress to resist regulating 'fracking' |
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| Written by ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, ProPublica.com | |
| Friday, 10 July 2009 | |
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The two key arguments that the oil and gas industry is using to fight federal regulation of the natural gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing -- that the costs would cripple their business and that state regulations are already strong -- are challenged by the same data and reports the industry is using to bolster its position. Read more...
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