Fracking worries Environmental watchdog

Canada's Environmental watchdog has expressed concern over fracking in a report tabled in the House of Comons on Tuesday.

According to CBC News, Environmental Commissioner Scott Vaughan tabled the report in his final act as auditor of Canadian environmental regulations.

Vaughan's report details how environmental protection may not be keeping up resource development. He points to the field of offshore oil and gas with two boards in Atlantic Canada who are not prepared for a potential spill.

The federal government told Vaughan that fracking is an emerging issue and is looking into it in depth.

Ottawa is expected to finish its review on fracking by March 2014.