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To: Brumar89 who wrote (66304)	10/1/2015 3:22:51 AM
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No fracking way: Judge blocks Obama admin’s new energy regulations Published time: 1 Oct, 2015 00:21 Get short URL © Jim Urquhart / Reuters Government efforts to regulate the process of hydraulic fracturing suffered another blow on Wednesday, when a federal district court judge blocked the Obama administration’s tougher fracking restrictions. The preliminary injunction was issued by Judge Scott Skavdahl of the US District Court of Wyoming, who ruled that the department responsible for the new fracking regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), does not actually have the authority to implement them. “Congress has not authorized or delegated to the BLM authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing and, under our constitutional structure, it is only through congressional action that the BLM can acquire this authority,” the judge wrote in a 54-page decision. The BLM rules were intended to govern fracking operations on federal land in order to ensure that the oil and gas exploration process does not contaminate water sources. They also required energy companies to inform the public about what kind of chemicals they used during their fracking operations.

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