No Opposition From Trump As Obama Drilling Rules Contested

DENVER (AP) — A lawsuit contesting new rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal land will get its day in court even though President Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t intend to implement them.
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Arguments will take place Thursday before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
The rules would regulate fracking, the process of cracking open underground oil and gas deposits with pressurized water, sand and chemicals.
Environmentalists say the rules would