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State Faces Battle With Oil Industry Over Proposed New Fracking Regulations

The use of fracking in California is expanding, along with calls to regulate it more tightly. Earlier this year, state lawmakers sponsored multiple bills on fracking. Now there is just one, and as the legislative session draws to a close, everyone wants a say in it.

The next four weeks will determine how aggressively California regulates the controversial oil-drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing.  And as State Senator Fran Pavley points out, “four weeks is a long time, legislatively.”

A natural gas-drilling rig in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale formation. (Scott Detrow)

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Source: Newsfix – Environment

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