EPA targets air pollution from gas drilling boom

Friday, July 29, 2011 - 03:00 in Earth & Climate

(AP) -- Faced with a natural gas drilling boom that has sullied the air in some parts of the country, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed for the first time to control air pollution at oil and gas wells, particularly those drilled using a method called hydraulic fracturing.

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