Colorado GOP to EPA: Keep your noses out of our fracking fluid
In July 2010, eighteen Republican members of the Colorado State Legislature sent a formal letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding that the agency refrain from regulating hydraulic fracturing, regardless of what its two-year study might conclude. The dispute, reported by The Colorado Independent, revived debate over the “Halliburton loophole” advanced during Vice President Dick Cheney’s 2005 Energy Policy Act, as state lawmakers argued against federal oversight of fracking fluids and disclosure requirements while environmental advocates pressed for stricter Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act enforcement.
Source: The Colorado Independent (2010) Read More