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Canada: Alberta considers new oil, gas regulations
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 18th, 2012
United Press International: The provincial government in Alberta said it was looking for feedback on the regulation of future oil and natural gas development in unconventional plays.
Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board said it was looking for comments on a paper drafted to examine ways that could protect water, minimize surface effects and maximize resource recovery in unconventional developments.
"Alberta has a long history of regulating safe and responsible oil and gas development," ERCB Chairman Dan McFadyen...
Republican Groups Tell Obama to Frack Public Lands and Abandon Federal Regulations
Posted by EcoWatch: Farron Cousins, DeSmogBlog on December 18th, 2012
EcoWatch: The Republican Governors Association (RGA) along with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) sent a sent a letter to President Obama today, telling him that the federal government should abandon a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to create more transparency for natural gas fracking operations.
The proposal that the RGA and RAGA are referring to was first pitched earlier this year, and would require fracking companies who operate on federal or Native American lands to disclose...
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