New York's emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas -
rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water,
environmentally sensitive
areas and gas industry workers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed state officials.
Two decades ago, the country was deep in a debate over expanding oil drilling into new,
environmentally sensitive
areas: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Bristol Bay, which has Alaska's
richest salmon runs.