Fracking advocates weigh suing EPA over climate regs

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The latest piece in President Obama’s climate agenda soon could become the next target for major legal action, said a senior official with a trade group representing oil and gas producers in the West.

The Western Energy Alliance is “exploring litigation” over the Environmental Protection Agency’s methane reduction rules for new oil and gas fracking wells, said Kathleen Sgemma, vice president for federal affairs and communications for the group.

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