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Wyoming Court Hears Fracking Chemical Disclosure Case
2013-11-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The state Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether a trade secrets exemption in Wyoming's public records law may be invoked to shield from disclosure many of the chemicals the petroleum industry uses in hydraulic fracturing. The landowner group Powder River Basin Resource Council and environmentalists including the Wyoming Outdoor Council argued that individual ingredients in the various chemical products used during hydraulic fracturing can't be considered trade secrets. Therefore,...
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