Documentary subjects range from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking ("Gasland Part II, " a sequel to Josh Fox's Oscar-nominated film), Richard Pryor ("Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic"), Bernie Madoff's longtime secretary ("In God We Trust"), Somali pirate hunters ("The Project") and Elaine Stritch ("Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me").

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So successful, in fact, that it has been adopted as the disclosure reporting regime by about a dozen significant oil and natural gas producing states, and is being considered for adoption by the Department of Interior as a part of its own pending regulation on hydraulic fracturing and well completions.

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Rather, the public should know that air emissions associated with hydraulic fracturing (where they exist) remain a small part of a very large and complex issue, that the oil and gas production industry has long done its part to reduce air emissions from a variety of sources, and that reasonable minds can differ about whether the new regulations make sense as adopted.

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