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As fracking at Ohio’s largest state park gets underway, how the industry has changed this rural county
Fracking has become a "daily life thing" in Guernsey County, where Salt Fork State Park is located. Activists and supporters ...
Cleveland.com27d
First fracking well under state wildlife areas has been drilled, officials say
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Houston-based oil and gas company has drilled the first fracking well beneath Ohio’s preserved park and wildlife lands. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary ...
WFMJ15d
Ohio lawmaker reintroduces bill requiring chemical disclosure for fracking in state parks
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife recently concluded a public comment period on a proposed ...
Columbus Dispatch16d
Ohio lawmaker wants to require companies to disclose chemicals used for fracking
Ohio authorized fracking in state parks in 2023. Fracking refers to hydraulic fracturing, the process of sending pressurized chemicals, water and sand into wells to extract oil and natural gas.
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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 ...
Ohio drought renews worries about massive use of water for fracking
The driest summer in more than a decade prompted an Ohio watershed district this summer to limi the use of water for oil and gas fracking.