Tepid Applause by NJ Environmentalists for New EPA Fracking Rules
Groups still worried that drilling operations threaten drinking water in Delaware River Basin.
The federal government yesterday adopted new regulations to curb air pollution from drilling operations for natural gas caused by hydraulic fracturing, a step welcomed by environmentalists in New Jersey. But they argued much more needs to be done to protect drinking water supplies from the drilling, a threat they say poses more harm to the water used by millions in three states. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the rules, which officials said could reduce harmful emissions from drilling operations by 95 percent, while not imposing new costs on the industry. More than half of the drilling operations already are using the technologies required under the new regulations. The practice, dubbed fracking by critics, involves the…
Florian Schach
10:11 am on Monday, April 23, 2012
These fracking regulations are a great way for us to be more progressive in our environmental progress. But at the same time, the transition to comply with these kinds of regulations is a rough one. The cost of complying with new regulations is astronomical (http://bit.ly/zgsTLu) not to mention that they change all the time and more often than not, one is forced to comply with new regulations … more ›