News Highlights - August 14, 2012

Hydraulic Fracturing: Public Disclosure Database Kept Private
Fracking Hazards Obscured in Failure to Disclose Wells
This Week in Transparency: Congress Votes for Secrecy, Leak Hysteria, and a FOIA Request Fulfilled
EU Official: US Should Follow Our Lead, Issue "Strong" Oil Rules
Scientist Accuses Interior Department of Misconduct

Hydraulic Fracturing: Public Disclosure Database Kept Private
[EE News, August 13, 2012; See also: Fracking Hazards Obscured in Failure to Disclose Wells, from Bloomberg ]
This Week in Transparency: Congress Votes for Secrecy, Leak Hysteria, and a FOIA Request Fulfilled
[Electronic Frontier Foundation, August 13, 2012]
EU Official: US Should Follow Our Lead, Issue "Strong" Oil Rules
[The Hill, August 13, 2012]
Scientist Accuses Interior Department of Misconduct
[Mother Jones, August 14, 2012]