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Pennsylvania Senate Passes Bill Allowing Fracking With AMD

The Pennsylvania State Senate unanimously passed a bill last Monday absolving mine operators and landowners from liability for any injury or damage caused by the use of acid mine drainage (AMD) in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations.

October 22, 2012

CFTC Inspector General Asked to Probe Speculation Report

Four Democratic senators have called for an investigation of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) release in mid-July of an interim report absolving futures market speculators of blame in the run-up of oil prices, when the CFTC allegedly knew the report’s data was flawed. The report was issued just days before a Senate vote to curb speculation was blocked.

August 18, 2008