- A U.S. District Court in Wyoming has halted implementation of an Interior Department rule that would set standards for fracking on federal land, issuing a stay that delays compliance for at least a month on the rule that was set to go into effect today.
- Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Utah, the Independent Petroleum Association and the Western Energy Alliance had filed for an injunction.
- The judge said it is necessary to give the federal government more time to explain how it developed the rule and how it considered comments from the public.
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