Friday, December 28, 2012

Big decisions loom over fracking for next US EPA administrator

Reuters: The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that angered coal miners and power companies. Over the next four, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency will have to decide whether to take on an even larger industry: Big Oil. Following Lisa Jackson's resignation on Wednesday, her successor will inherit the tricky task of regulating a drilling boom that has revolutionized the energy industry but raised fears over the possible contamination...

URL: http://www.thepost.co.za/fracking-usa-big-decisions-loom-1.1445638#.UN2Hmne2pTw

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