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That aphorism comes to mind when considering U.S. EPA's new proposal to reduce air emissions from oil and gas operations. From...


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Earlier this week, acting West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin issued Executive Order No. 04-11 requiring the state's...


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The Wheeling Intelligencer has a free-market/regulatory success story for Ohio taxpayers (resulting in large part from...


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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DEC) has released a series of documents related to its Preliminary...


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By Greg Russell On June 30, 2011

NYT: This Must Hurt

This has got to hurt. After all of the efforts by one of its reporters to mischaracterize hydraulic fracturing as an...


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Reason Video: Fracking
By Greg Russell On June 29, 2011

Reason Video: Fracking

With all of the negative media regarding hydraulic fracturing, we thought you might be interested in this video from reason.tv:


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That's the title to an article in the WSJ seeking to separate fact from myth regarding the claims about hydraulic fracturing:  "...


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U.S. EPA HF Study
By Greg Russell On June 25, 2011

U.S. EPA HF Study

We have reported previously on the study being conducted by U.S. EPA regarding the claimed impacts of hydraulic fracturing on the...


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By Greg Russell On June 25, 2011

New Fracking Ban

The Daily Journal is reporting that the city of Morgantown, WV, has banned the use of hydraulic fracturing within the city and a...


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Signed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, HB 3328 becomes effective September 1, 2011, requiring operators to disclose the chemicals used...


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