The government should also adopt a rational approach to regulation that ensures that plants operate safely while leaving flexibility for operators to find the most cost-effective ways to comply.

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Put another way, how are government regulatory agencies and legislative bodies to be expected to make rational decisions around the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and the oil and gas industry in general when they are bombarded on a daily basis by media reports, blog posts and emails from anti-fractivists that seem more than anything else designed to intentionally mislead them?

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To the contrary, regulation must endeavor to more respectfully, expansively, and creatively accommodate the rational preferences of diverse patients in order to avoid leaving so much opportunity on the table.

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