Vote Expected On Senate Version Of State Budget
Republican Senators have made dozens of changes to the budget they unveiled last week, with a final vote by the full Senate likely Wednesday. Senators eliminated language that would have banned using...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court Rejects Fracking Foes' Ballot Protest
Residents in three Ohio counties where Secretary of State Jon Husted invalidated anti-fracking ballot issues have lost a lawsuit before the Ohio Supreme Court. Justices said in a 6-1 decision Wednesday...
View ArticleGroup Studying Ohio Fracking Tax Suggests Hike Be Phased In
A study group reviewing a proposed tax hike on oil and gas drillers in Ohio has delivered its findings and recommendations on the issue. The report Thursday suggests that Ohio officials consider a...
View ArticleOhio Group Still Calling For Increased Fracking Tax
Natural gas closed at a 17 year price low Thursday, and low prices have led to worry among lawmakers about the nature of Ohio’s oil and gas industry—but one group is still calling for an increase to...
View ArticleReport: More Fracking Wastewater Pumped Underground In Ohio
State data shows the amount of hydraulic fracturing wastewater pumped underground in Ohio increased by more than 15 percent last year. The increase comes as drilling for shale in the process known as...
View ArticleThe Hunt for Methane Leaks Goes High-Tech
Up a bumpy road in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, a team of researchers park their van, turn on a half-million dollars of equipment, and start another round of trying to solve a climate riddle....
View ArticleCompressor Stations Open Up New Front in Fracking Debate
Back in February, 300 people crowded into a school gym in Medina County, Ohio, to lob questions, concerns—and some unvarnished anger—at state environmental regulators. At issue was the siting of a new...
View ArticleTrump Administration Abandons Tighter Regulations on Fracking in Wayne Forest...
The Trump administration decided quietly over the holidays to abandon proposed federal regulations governing fracking on public lands . For Ohio environmentalists, the decision is big and bad news. For...
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