Federal panel urges greater tabs on 'fracking'

Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 01:00 in Earth & Climate

A report on the hydraulic fracturing process to extract natural gas from shale calls for greater disclosure and monitoring of the environmental effects.—A federally-appointed panel recommended greater disclosure and monitoring of the environmental effects of extracting natural gas from shale formations, marking the Obama administration's first broad assessment of the controversial practice known as fracking.

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