IDK, Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray  & Paula Dean still make a bundle giving out their recipes.  The naysayers still want Federal oversight & regs, the industry wants states to regulate.  If my profession is expected to meet a higher standards, be highly accountable, be uniformly consistent, how does the industry propose to do so?  80)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-usa-natgas-fracking-idU...

from the article ...

Gary Luquette, president of North America exploration and production for Chevron, said it was time for industry to stop dragging its feet on disclosure.

"We have used this 'intellectual property' issue as a convenient excuse to move slow," Luquette told a federal panel set up by the Obama administration to offer recommendations on improving the safety of hydraulic fracturing.

"I personally believe there is space in the middle between protecting the IP and giving the public the information they desire," he said.