Green groups and lawmakers are seizing on new government research linking earthquakes to oil and gas drilling as evidence of the need for tougher federal regulations.
States are currently responsible for oversight of most drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the United States, though environmentalists have long pushed Congress and federal agencies to impose stronger restrictions. Their concerns about fracking have generally focused on the chemicals used in the process.
Greens pounce on research linking drilling to quakes | TheHill
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