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Fracking Rules Proposed for Federal Lands

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Nation | May 7, 2012



The Obama administration issued a proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands that will for the first time require disclosure of the chemicals used in the process.

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