Amen to this

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Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President and CEO Barry Russell issued a statement in response to a U.S. appeals court's dismissal of a hydraulic fracturing rule case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed the appellate case on IPAA and Western Energy Alliance’s challenge to the Obama-era rule governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. "Today’s court decision confirms what IPAA has advocated all along: Dismissing the appeal would protect independent producers from the uncertainty of whether it was necessary to comply with regulations that are certain to be revoked. All three judges ruled unanimously that it would be a waste of judicial resources to proceed with this case. Today’s appeal validates the overreach taken by the Obama administration and that the regulatory process was flawed from the very beginning.”