At The Last Minute, Judge Delays Federal Fracking Regulations

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In this March 25, 2014 photo, a worker oils a pump during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Corp. well pad near Mead, Colo. The National Petroleum Council estimates that up to 80 percent of natural oil wells drilled in the next decade will require hydraulic fracturing.

A federal judge in Wyoming has postponed new federal rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land a day before they were set to take effect.