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Strong state programs key to safe shale gas activity, senators told
04/18/2011
Nick SnowWashington EditorStrong state enforcement programs are essential to ensure that drinking water supplies are protected as more natural gas is produced from tight shale formations, witnesses told a hearing of the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and its Water and Wildlife Subcommittee. Some lawmakers suggested that a bigger federal role might be necessary if states fall short."The natural gas industry is booming, but that may soon end," warned Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), the subcommittee's chairman who presided over the Apr. 12 hearing. He noted in his opening statement that New York and Maryland have imposed moratoriums on hydraulic fracturing; New Jersey...
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