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New Yorkers Protest Fracking Outside Environmental Hearing
Posted by Yahoo!: Tara Dodrill on January 10th, 2012
Yahoo!: Hundreds of fracking protestors and supporters gathered outside a New York Department of Environmental Conservation hearing to make their feelings known before the environmental regulations public input session ended this morning, according to the New York Daily News.
Both fracking factions stated they would deliver thousands of comments to the agency's office by the end of the day, according to the Daily News. Natural gas drilling supporters stated the regulations proposed will permit economic...
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Ohio Shale Drilling Permits Sky Rocket as Potential EPA Moratorium Looms
Posted by Yahoo!: Tara Dodrill on October 13th, 2011
Yahoo!: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) released shale drilling lease permit figures this week. The monitoring agency issued 45 Utica shale drilling permits this year. A distinct increase in permit requests and approvals occurred from July through September with 27 permits issued to unearth natural gas. Two Democrats from the Ohio House of Representatives authored a measure seeking to halt all hydraulic fracturing activity until the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can conduct...