FRAC ACT up for debate

"Ithaca, NY – On the heels of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to Ithaca, Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today urged the Speaker to bring his Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act up for debate and a vote in the House. Hinchey’s bill would would close a loophole created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which he voted against, that exempted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act. The FRAC Act would also require the oil and gas industry to disclose the chemicals they use in their hydraulic fracturing processes. Currently, the oil and gas industry is the only industry exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act."Keep reading More: