Environmentalists have long been pushing the Obama administration to impose new regulations on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands as efforts to ban the practice in states have fallen short.
The administration has proposed regulations that would require disclosure
of chemicals used in fracking, certain standards for wells and disposing of wastewater.
“Americans want President Obama to protect our beautiful public lands and our communities from fracking pollution,” said Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. “This is an inherently dangerous technology that contaminates our air and water and disrupts our climate. The president has a duty to protect our environment and our heritage by standing up to the oil and gas industry and preventing fracking in these wonderful wild places.”
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