New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is voicing support for a full ban on fracking in part of America’s biggest shale gas play. It just so happens to be a part that no one wants to drill.
Murphy this week wrote a letter to the head of the Delaware River Basin Commission in support of expanding current rules banning fracking in the expansive watershed. In addition to barring hydraulic fracturing, he also wants to prevent drillers from extracting freshwater and treating the water that comes up with oil and natural gas when a well is fracked.
The Delaware River Basin—spread ...
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