Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Statement of Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch:
This Saturday, August 8 marks the 10th anniversary of what largely enabled America’s oil and gas fracking boom: the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and a key provision of it known commonly as the “Halliburton Loophole.” The provision specifically exempted fracking operations from critical parts of benchmark environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, enabling the oil and gas…
