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Jeff Frischkorn: Where is the ‘bonus money’ going from state park fracking in Ohio?
Can’t help but think that the Ohio General Assembly and the DeWine Administration have pulled the wool over the eyes of the ...
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62 acres at Ohio’s Leesville Wildlife Area approved for drilling
More than 62 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County is now open to possible fracking, following action by the ...
Ohio drought renews worries about massive use of water for fracking
FracFocus, a data clearinghouse, has some data on the composition of fracking fluids, but reporting is voluntary. According ...
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Hundreds of acres at Ohio state park approved for fracking despite protests
An Ohio commission approved hundreds of acres in a state park for fracking at its meeting on Monday. The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission approved a nomination for two parcels in Salt Fork ...
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Federal Plan Would Open Ohio’s Only National Forest to Fracking
ATHENS, Ohio— A new Bureau of Land Management plan to open 40,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest to fracking for oil and gas looks almost identical to one a federal judge rejected in 2020. The ...
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Money from fracking Ohio’s largest state park is funding a $9.6M makeover: Capitol Letter
Sprucing up: The biggest state park in Ohio is getting a $9.6 million makeover, funded by leases for fracking underneath it. As Jake Zuckerman reports, the Ohio Controlling Board released the ...
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Court Blocks Oil, Gas Extraction on Ohio’s Only National Forest
COLUMBUS, Ohio― A federal judge blocked new oil and gas leasing and fracking in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest late Monday, following a ruling last year rebuking the Bureau of Land Management and U.S.