A coalition of 48 House lawmakers led by Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Jared Polis (D-CO) have fired off a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar expressing their support for the department’s plans to require public disclosure of the chemicals that producers use in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process for development of shale gas.
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Industry Dodges Hydrofracing Bullet in House Committee
Oil and natural gas producers dodged a bullet last Wednesday when Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) agreed to withdraw a controversial amendment that would have required service companies to publicly disclose the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), a technique used to stimulate production of natural gas from wells drilled in shale gas plays.
Industry Dodges Hydrofracing Bullet in House Committee
Oil and natural gas producers dodged a bullet Wednesday when Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) agreed to withdraw a controversial amendment that would have required service companies to publicly disclose the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), a technique used to stimulate production of natural gas from wells drilled in shale gas plays.
House Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Drilling on Roan Plateau
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) plans to reintroduce a broad wilderness bill this week that would bar oil and natural gas drilling on a large portion of the Roan Plateau in western Colorado.
House Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Drilling on Roan Plateau
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) plans to reintroduce a broad wilderness bill next week that would bar oil and natural gas drilling on a large portion of the Roan Plateau in western Colorado.