A registry intended to provide information to the public about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing is not an acceptable regulatory measure, according to a recent report by Harvard Law School’s Environmental Law Program Policy Initiative. Written by Kate Konschnik, policy director of HLS’s Environmental Law and Policy Program, with Margaret Holden ’14 and Alexa Shasteen ’14, the report, “Legal fractures in chemical disclosure laws: Why the voluntary chemical disclosure registry FracFocus fails as a regulatory compliance tool,” has generated significant media attention.