Environmentalists, Drillers Reach 'Truce' For Fracking Standards

NPR | March 21, 2013 4:47 p.m.

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Several big fossil fuel companies — including Shell and Chevron — appear to be making a truce with environmentalists and are agreeing to go through a rigorous independent review to have their drilling practices in the Northeast certified as safe.