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WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administration Lisa Jackson says she's stepping down after nearly four years on the job. Jackson announced her departure in a statement Thursday. She gave no particular reason for leaving but said she was ready for new challenges, time with her family and new opportunities to make a difference...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Both sides of the debate over whether hydraulic fracturing has contaminated groundwater in Wyoming say they need more time to analyze the results of testing done by the U.S. Geological Survey before they can comment. The USGS tested one of two wells dug by the EPA, and found low levels of the carcinogen benzene much as the EPA did...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey plans to release new test results from a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has linked hydraulic fracturing to groundwater contamination. The data to be released Wednesday comes from samples taken in April near Pavillion in central Wyoming...

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — The Sweetwater County Commission says the federal government doesn't need to impose rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The commission has written the U.S. Bureau of Land Management saying the federal government should leave oversight of the oil and gas industry practice to state regulators...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming oil and gas officials say they weren't surprised by findings of new research on fracking dust. Last week, two federal agencies released studies on the dangers of exposure to silica sand, used in hydraulic fracturing or fracking...

The governor is urging federal regulators to give states more say in regulations regarding drilling operations

Wyoming Oil and Gas administrator steps down

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming officials are asking residents of Pavillion if they want cisterns and trucked-in water to replace wells that federal officials say may have been tainted by fracking. The Associated Press reports a public meeting is planned May 31 to discuss the possibility...

DENVER (AP) — Western state officials took turns bashing the federal government at a congressional field hearing on proposed nationwide drilling rules on hydraulic fracturing. But Democrats on the panel Wednesday, along with some Colorado environmental activists, insisted that health concerns around the drilling procedure known as fracking mean there is a need for common health and safety standard

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio energy regulators say injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth almost certainly a series of small earthquakes as they announced a series of tough new regulations for drillers. Among the regulations to be imposed: Well operators must submit more comprehensive geological data when requesting a drill site...