EPA to regulate fracking waste water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday Oct 20 that it plans to develop standards for disposing of waste water generated by hydraulic fracturing, a method used to extract natural gas from shale rock formations, often referred to as “fracking.” Later that day, the EPA provided expert testimony to a Senate panel that continues to look for ways to best regulate a field that could be an energy boon as well as a safety disaster.
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