Energy Industry Lobbies to Avert Drilling Rules

Wall Street Journal by Ben Casselman | Jun. 8, 2009 (News Report)

The oil-and-gas industry is gearing up for a battle over the regulation of a high-tech drilling technique that has opened up huge new fields for drilling, but that environmentalists fear could contaminate ground water. Full Story »

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Topics: Environment, U.S. Congress, Energy, Oil and Gas, Water
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 8, 2009 - 12:23 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jun 8, 2009 - 12:53 PM PDT

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