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April 17, 2012

Fracking Gets the Obama Treatment

Jeremy Bloom, Red, Green and Blue


Red Green and Blue

Natural gas fracking is spreading wildly, with very little oversight – especially in states like Pennsylvania, which was pretty much bought outright by the energy industry in the 2010 election.

Now, President Obama appears to be making moves to take up some of that slack. He signed an executive order...

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TAGGED: epa, government regulations, President Obama, natural gas, Fracking

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