A federal judge who was appointed by President Obama ruled late Tuesday against the administration’s attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal property.
Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District Court of Wyoming determined the Interior Department does not have the congressional authority required to control fracking.
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