Obama to create working group on gas drilling  By MATTHEW DALY | Associated Press – 1 hour 26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Friday it is creating a multi-agency working group to coordinate federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing and other natural gas drilling techniques.
The working group, headed by White House energy adviser Heather Zichal, includes representatives of about a dozen agencies that oversee various aspects of drilling. Natural gas production has boomed in recent years as drillers use new techniques to gain access to wells that were hard to reach in the past.
Hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, involves blasting mixtures of water, sand and chemicals deep underground to stimulate the release of oil or natural gas. Another technique is horizontal drilling.
Critics, including the industry and congressional Republicans, have accused President Barack Obama of having a double standard — saying he supports gas drilling on the one hand, but cracking down on it with the other.
The Interior Department is expected to issue new rules in the next few weeks on natural gas drilling on public lands.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to regulate air pollution from oil and gas wells and has pursued tighter rules on wastewater from drilling operations.
Zichal and other officials were scheduled to meet Friday with industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute and the American Gas Association.
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Dave • 38 minutes ago Report Abuse A mere DOZEN agencies to oversee ONE activity ? Why not fifty? That way they could choke off this business success sooner. Reply
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URFREE • 51 minutes ago Report Abuse That's good, since the B.O. group don't know squat about business, much less the energy sector. EPA rules are out of control and like EEO lawsuits keep business from growing, limiting job creation...thanks for that B.O. Reply
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Oldman • 46 minutes ago Report Abuse This guy will never quit spending money... He talks about taxes and more taxes, but never mentions budget reductions. This is just another piece of the federal machine that he continues to build. Reply
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A Yahoo! User • 57 minutes ago Report Abuse More layering of regulations already covered and not enforced. Can you spell election year closing fast. The Odumbocraps can't admit that their vote went to a total spastic retard who has done nothing even close to what he said and everything he has tried or said is acomplete pile of crap. Fact.... More Reply
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InChristAlone • Lynchburg, Virginia • 25 minutes ago Report Abuse more campaign hype. PERIOD. Reply
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Wildfire • 27 minutes ago Report Abuse Here we go again, Obama creates another group to study a problem that he has no intention of solving. He only doing this for his useful idiots to look like he is concerned. The head of the study group, Heather Zichal, is an environmentalist and has no actual energy sector experience according to... More 1 Reply
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Dan De Lion • Billings, Montana • 37 minutes ago Report Abuse This is the cause of our energy crisis. Mindless environmental partisans proposing more regulations, more central control, and more solar solutions. When politics and ignorance meet, the result is higher energy prices. Higher energy prices cause higher unemployment and lower standards of living.... More Reply
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John • 43 minutes ago Report Abuse As opposed the the hugh non-working group he has created. Reply
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BOB CAREN • Miami, Florida • 17 minutes ago Report Abuse ENOUGH OF THE DEMOCRATS NEXT...... Reply
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mikec • 17 minutes ago Report Abuse Hey it worked well well at shutting down oil production in the gulf. Reply
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mikec • 19 minutes ago Report Abuse Another shovel ready job designed to slow down or halt production of gas and oil here in America. Keeps the folks at OPEC happy and the environmentist will now begin drooling on themselves...while working class Americans suffer. Not to worry if congress doesn't approve the findings Obama will just... More Reply
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Yahoo • 17 minutes ago Report Abuse wow more gov agency when we broke..now he will attack them cause they making money..It will close or cant keep up with the regualtions and be fined out of business..
obama is bad for our economy very bad.. Reply
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Yahoo • 11 minutes ago Report Abuse some of his buddys need a job..so he makes up some group to pay to go campaign for him....race war isnt workin..war on women a joke... raising taxes isnt workin..lets see ill invent some gropu make it look like im protecting them against fracking so my green jobs agenda will go through...ill make... More Reply
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Justice • 18 minutes ago Report Abuse Election time is coming. It will take at least 6 months to get their group together. Afterwords, if he's re-elected, He will put a stop to drilling. They are setting the U.S. up to be a third world country. Why do you think the government doesn't do anything about all the illegal drugs and illegal... More Reply
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Doc • 10 minutes ago Report Abuse Great. Now there is several additional AGENCIES that will cause more headache, waisted time, and oil price increase. BO screws up everything he gets into and this area is one that he WILL cause severe reprocussins. Just watch. Reply
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Kalvin • San Mateo, California • 2 hours 17 minutes ago Report Abuse Another government agency = bigger government unions = more government benefits, pensions, waste. This should be done by the private sector anyway. 5 Replies
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bill • Greensboro, North Carolina • 11 minutes ago Report Abuse A waste of our tax dollars. Another Government agency. This is what they say they are monitoring. Basically checking for environmental pollution. Guess what people . There has not been one incident of environmental pollution since fracturing started in 1949. So why are you establishing an oversight... More Reply
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john • 13 minutes ago Report Abuse heather is a sierra club alum, and a policy major...good choice for someone that will have an open mind on energy...need to have someone who actually knows and has studied petroleum and natural gas engineering....and really know what the environmental business is all about..not just policy....would... More Reply
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Charles • Orlando, Florida • 1 hour 0 minutes ago Report Abuse They have no experts on the subject! The industry is where the experts are and Obama has alienated every oil and gas company on the planet. Reply
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justplntrd • 2 minutes 11 seconds ago Report Abuse Which candidate is FOR oil & gas drilling? Vote for them. Reply
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