So SEC saw an opening to inject itself into fracking and, according to the WSJ story, is doing so through selective letter-writing.

FORBES: 'E' In SEC Doesn't Stand For Environment -- Why Is It Probing Fracking?

I've spent the last 20 years teaching journalism and writing classes at a selective public university, and the majority of my (bright) students put me in mind of Jack Nicholson's line to Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men": "You can't handle the truth!"

WSJ: Word Craft: Ben Yagoda on Not Writing Badly