Fracking Study Undercuts Environmentalists’ Calls for Regulation
Environmental groups have urged Congress to strip a 2005 exemption of fracking from drinking water laws and asked the EPA to tighten rules on disclosure of the chemicals used and limits on the methane emitted.
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It was always a longshot that the Obama administration or Congress would crack down on the golden goose of hydraulic fracturing.
The chances shrunk further Thursday with the release of a landmark U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study that found the drilling method had no widespread impact on drinking water.