President Trump Orders Review Of Government Fracking Rule Based On Energy Policy

(April 7, 2017, 8:45 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 28, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order directing the secretary of the Interior to review the final rule pertaining to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands for “consistency” with the president’s policy that “it is in the national interest to promote clean and safe development of our nation's vast energy resources, while at the same time avoiding regulatory burdens that unnecessarily encumber energy production, constrain economic growth, and prevent job creation.”...