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Should the federal government regulate fracking?
2013-04-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Fracking supporters say it could set America on the road to energy independence and drastically change our economic prospects while helping address climate change. Fracking--short for hydraulic fracturing--involves injecting fluids into the ground to access hard-to-reach reserves of oil and natural gas, including shale gas, which the U.S. has in vast abundance but hasn't been able to reach easily up to now. Many advocates argue that the federal government should step in and regulate the practice...
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AMI: Federal Government Required By Law to Provide Meat Inspection
2013-02-15 15:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: The American Meat Institute The U.S. government has a statutory obligation to provide meat and poultry inspection services, American Meat Institute (AMI) President J. Patrick Boyle told President Barack Obama in a letter sent to The White House this week as discussions about the potential impact of sequestration and possible furloughs of meat and poultry inspectors made headlines. Without inspection, meat and poultry processing plants are prohibited by law from operating. read more
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Federal government may take over Oklahoma's drinking water
2013-01-11 21:03:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
Oklahoma needs money to avoid losing its power to regulate its own drinking water.
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Here's How The Federal Government Dramatically Skews The US Real Estate Market
2013-01-10 01:40:29| Real Estate - Topix.net
Of course, plenty of people do want to live in single-family suburban homes, and they happily choose to get from there to the office, the grocery store and the kids' school by car.