The United States is undergoing a shale energy revolution driven by hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and horizontal drilling. This revolution dramatically will strengthen the domestic energy supply. Indeed, it may allow the country to become energy independent by 2035, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2012.
Fracking nonetheless has proven controversial among environmentalists and others. For these and other reasons, the shale revolution has spurred an increase in regulations in Texas and across the country. Complicating matters is the fact that, while oil and gas regulation traditionally has been left to the states, government at all levels is regulating fracking in one manner or another.
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