Fracking Methane Emissions to Get EPA Review After Watchdog Report

Bloomberg: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to more closely study air emissions from hydraulic fracturing after the agency's auditor concluded its current data is insufficient to make policy decisions. The EPA has already begun an inter-agency study of methane, air toxins and other pollutants released when oil and gas are tapped using the process, called fracking, Gina McCarthy, the head of the agency's air office, said in a letter to the Inspector General's office that was released yesterday....

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