Activists Pursue Nationwide Effort To Win Strict State Tracking' Rules

摘要

Environmentalists are pursuing a national effort to win stringent new state regulations for oil and gas drilling and "fracking" operations, in response to growing concern in states such as Texas, Louisiana, New York and Pennsylvania over the environmental impacts of a boom in shale gas drilling.rnThe effort comes as one senior Obama administration adviser is predicting that states may require more disclosure of chemicals used in fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, in response to heightened attention to the issue, and as federal lawmakers appear eager to frame their effort to increase federal oversight of fracking as a way to avoid inconsistent state regulations.