Salon.com > Lena Groeger http://www.salon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:45:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 EPA’s fracking rules disappoint http://www.salon.com/2012/04/19/epas_fracking_rules_disappoint/ http://www.salon.com/2012/04/19/epas_fracking_rules_disappoint/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12891671 The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever national air pollution regulations for fracking on Wednesday. First proposed in July 2011, the final rules have been welcomed by environmental groups as a much-needed initial move in reducing pollution and protecting public health from the toxic chemicals involved in the oil and natural gas drilling process. But many cautioned it was just a first step.

“It sets a floor for what the industry needs to do,” said attorney Erik Schlenker-Goodrich of the Western Environmental Law Center. “The reality is we can do far better.”

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