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Illinois Has Hired Less Then 10% of the Workers It Says It Needs to Oversee Fracturing
Posted by Associated Press: Tammy Webber on July 10th, 2014
Associated Press: More than a year after a much-lauded compromise paved the way for high-volume oil and gas extraction in Illinois, the agency in charge of overseeing the practice has hired just four of 53 new employees it says it needs as it continues working to complete rules that drillers must follow.
The Department of Natural Resources has come under criticism from industry groups, lawmakers and other supporters of hydraulic fracturing who had hoped drilling could begin this summer. That scenario now appears...
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Illinois deal on fracking could be national model
Posted by Associated Press: Tammy Webber on March 7th, 2013
Associated Press: After years of clashing over the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the oil industry and environmentalists have achieved something extraordinary in Illinois: They sat down together to draft regulations both sides could live with.
If approved by lawmakers, participants say, the rules would be the nation's strictest. The Illinois model might also offer a template to other states seeking to carve out a middle ground between energy companies that would like free rein and...