13 States Send Letter to EPA, Draws a Fracking Line in the Sand

We're not quite sure how this one slipped by our radar, but a month ago the attorneys general from 13 brave states--1/4 of all states--sent a letter (copy embedded below) to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drawing a line in the sand and saying, "Don't step over that line" when it comes to regulating fracking. To which we say, "Horray!" Finally, someone with backbone to push back against a rogue, out-of-control EPA desirous of regulating anything and everything--in violation of the U.S. Constitution. New York, of course, was not one of the 13 signatories. However, West Virginia (with a Democrat governor), was. Ohio signed it too. Sadly, even though Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is pro-drilling, the new Democrat attorney general in PA, Kathleen Kane, is anti-drilling and she refused to participate in signing the letter--even though her state is reaping huge rewards from shale drilling and stands to lose big-time under an activist EPA. Here's what prompted the letter...

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