2010/07/29

(BN) Energy Bill Threatens Hydraulic-Fracture Drilling,

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Energy Bill Threatens Hydraulic-Fracture Drilling, Inhofe Says
2010-07-28 15:32:48.20 GMT


By Simon Lomax
July 28 (Bloomberg) --An energy bill released by Democrats
yesterday would put unreasonable chemical disclosure
requirements on companies that use hydraulic fracturing to drill
for natural gas, Senator James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican,
said.
The measure would move drilling that is regulated by U.S.
states "under federal jurisdiction" and could bring it halt,
Inhofe told reporters today in Washington.



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