Trump proposes scrapping Obama-era fracking rule on water pollution
by Oliver Milman in New York from on (#2XCJK)
Bureau of Land Management says it is moving to discard 2015 regulation as it duplicates state rules and 'imposes unjustified costs' on oil and gas industry
The Trump administration has proposed scrapping an Obama-era rule that aimed to ensure fracking for oil and gas does not pollute water supplies.
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