In arid Colorado, hydraulic fracturing raises public concerns of a water bust, but water policy expert Reagan Waskom explains that finding ways to conserve water throughout the fracking process is the key to sustainability.
Category Archive: Fracking
New York Court Affirms Towns’ Powers to Ban Fracking
by Lena Groeger, ProPublica In a decision that could set a national precedent for how local governments can regulate gas drilling, a New York state court ruled Tuesday for the first time that towns have the right to ban drilling despite a state regulation asserting they cannot. At issue was a zoning law in Dryden, …
Federal Rules to Disclose Fracking Chemicals Could Come with Exceptions
by Lena Groeger, ProPublica Last week several media outlets obtained the federal Bureau of Land Management’s draft of proposed rules requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground. Such disclosure requirements have been championed by environmentalists for years and were endorsed by President Obama in the State of the Union, but …


