Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing

by Abrahm Lustgarten and Sabrina Shankman
ProPublica, Nov. 10, 2009, 4:18 p.m.

Legislation calls for a new review of a 2004 report in which the Environmental Protection Agency gave its blessing to the controversial drilling method.

Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, July 13, 2009, 9 p.m.

Legislators who've been pushing a bill to regulate a controversial natural gas drilling process are now calling for further scientific study, a change in tack made under intense lobbying pressure and after a personal request from Colorado's Democratic governor.