American Thinker:
The Trump administration has issued notice that it intends to repeal the 2015 Obama administration rule governing hydraulic fracturing on federal lands. The rule was issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
The fracking rule never went into effect because the jurisdiction of BLM was challenged in court. Now that it’s coming off the books, court challenges will almost certainly be dropped.
The BLM’s notice does not take a position on whether the agency ever had legal authority to enforce the law. Republicans and the oil industry say that it did not, as did a federal judge in Wyoming who overturned the rule, only to be later overruled on appeal.
The 2015 rule came after years of deliberations within the Obama administration over how to deal with fracking. The practice, in which fluids are forced underground at high pressure to recover oil and natural gas, has grown dramatically in recent years, leading to a massive domestic oil and gas boom.
Environmentalists argue that fracking can be dangerous for groundwater, soil[,] and air. Federal research, including a major Environmental Protection Agency study, found that such contamination can happen, but is far from common.
The Obama rule focused mainly on three areas: mandating that companies disclose the chemicals they use to frack, requiring them to cover surface ponds that house fracking fluids[,] and setting standards for the construction of the wells.
The regulation never took effect. Wyoming federal [j]udge Scott Skavdahl put it on hold in 2015, before overturning it in 2016.
The oil and gas industry applauded the repeal. read more
Thank God. I’m ready to start fracking again.
Fook Barack Obama….
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahaaa!!!… MAGA!… And fuck you democrats.
“The Obama rule focused mainly on three areas: mandating that companies disclose the chemicals they use to frack, requiring them to cover surface ponds that house fracking fluids[,] and setting standards for the construction of the wells.”
I generally hate all things Obama ever did, but these rules don’t sound all that onerous. They seem sensible to me.
Wouldn’t you love to hear Barry and Mike cursing the President of the United States, Donald J Trump?
Mr. Anth Ropy, right, but this is 0bama we’re talking about. The bar was purposely raised far above and beyond, knowing that the companies would fail his ‘standards’. He did this to coal, too.
@Mr. AntRop ~ it’s all well & good until one must define “cover surface ponds” & “setting standards for the construction of wells”
too much ambiguity, too much vaguely …. no definition, no clarity
… no sensibility …
Frack my crack Obama! 🖕🤪🖕
Wait. That sounded bad.
All of barry’s rules were flexible, so they could block every situation. Hard and fast rules were too easy to complete!
Good picture of POTUS and the FLOTUS at drudge.
Obamas time in office may be null and void (LOL)
Since Obama was the most useless and dangerous President this country ever had…can’t we retroactively impeach the S.O.B.?
I hope TRUMP undoes every fracking thing bammy did and a whole bunch of buush and cliton shit too. Frack all them royal mutherfrackers.
Why telegraph your punches? Just do it.
Then step back and watch the heads go all ‘splodey.
I never stopped fracking. Go ‘head, pull my finger.
And my New Year’s Resolution is to shove those mercury CFL lightbulbs up Al Gore’s ass.
They never lasted nearly as long as they were promised to last.