What is the “Halliburton Loophole”?

ByExternal Affairs Team

Much of the controversy surrounding natural gas development is the grossly misunderstood belief that hydraulic fracturing is exempt from all federal regulations, especially the Safe Drinking Water Act, because of the “Halliburton Loophole.” This, like much of the anti-natural gas gobbledygook, is completely false.Hydraulic fracturing is 60+ year-old stimulation technique…

Drilling Down – A look at drinking water standards

ByBill desRosiers

There’s actually a huge, testing process that all public water systems in the United States undergo in order to determine the safe drinking water standards.In the U.S., The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with establishing standards to ensure drinking water is safe. In 1974, Congress enacted the Safe Drinking Water…