Agency Oversight of Hydraulic Fracturing: Who's the Better Regulator?
Aaron Mintzes, EARTHWORKS
Agency Oversight of Hydraulic Fracturing: Who's the Better Regulator?
Aaron Mintzes, EARTHWORKS
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The New Jersey Legislature passed an amendment to a bill on Monday that establishes a one-year ban on a natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking . Legislators re-introduced...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced plans to develop standards for the disposal of wastewater from the process of hydraulic fracturing . Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process in which water,...