Power play: Fracturing plan wrong, indefensible

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: June 15, 2009

Uncle Sam has grabbed control of much of the auto industry and financial sector. Why not oil and gas regulation as well?

Dramatic increases in federal control of the private sector and in regulation are becoming hallmarks of the Obama era. The latest power grab is an attempt to switch regulation of hydraulic fracturing from the states to the Environmental Protection Agency .

This is what we in the opinion trade...


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