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Environmentalists seek to prohibit fracking in Utah

By Katie Rhoton
March 11, 2016 12:00 AM
More than 45,000 acres of public land in Utah were approved for fracking in 2015, causing several environmentally friendly focused companies to file formal protests. In spite of the petitions, the land was approved for fracking by the Bureau of Land Management in January.
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Obama administration reveals first federal fracking regulations

March 24, 2015 12:00 AM
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. The Obama administration is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Fracking brings economic opportunity despite environmental risk

By Lucy Schouten
January 20, 2015 12:00 AM
Horizontal oil fracking is a new technology that has boosted the domestic economy, helped pull down gas prices and given jobs to BYU students even as environmental activists express concern about its impact.
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