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Fracking Industry Ready for Regulation

When it comes to oil and natural gas, we’ve all heard the refrain: “industry opposes regulation.” Despite how common this statement has become, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the oil and natural gas industry in Illinois supports what would be the most comprehensive regulatory package for hydraulic fracturing in the nation. [...]

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Governor Sides with Oil & Gas Against Federal Regs

Article originally printed by Montana Watchdog, Dustin Hurst and replayed in the Big Sky Business Journal weekly Hot Sheet. Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer is siding with the oil and gas industry in its fight against drilling regulations that some would say could devastate Montana’s economy.  The Bureau of Land Management, a bureaucratic subsidiary of the [...]

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*So what’s all the fuss about fracking?

So what’s all the fuss about fracking? Its most vocal opponents charge that fracking will burn your water, pollute your air, and cause the very ground to shift beneath you. The oil and gas industry obviously disagree. So who’s right? Well, not being a scientist I have to base my opinions on information I get [...]

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Who Drew A Chalk Outline?

When I hear the over used and frequently abused term “domestic energy policy”, I’m reminded of an old Dennis Miller stand up line from the early 1990′s, “Who drew a chalk outline around common sense?”  For the 21st century, the Miller line should be adapted to: “who drew a chalk outline around the Bakken, the [...]