Natural Gas Politics
From left, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Rep. John Salazar, Rep. Dianna DeGette and Sen.
Bob Casey are all trying to leave their mark on how natural gas is drilled in the U.S.
(Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)
Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massive energy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean water laws, Congress is having second thoughts about the environmental dangers posed by the burgeoning industry.
With growing evidence that the drilling can damage water supplies, Democratic leaders in Congress are circulating legislation that would repeal the extraordinary exemption and for the first time require companies to disclose all chemicals used in the key drilling process, called hydraulic fracturing.
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