More Fracking and Natural Gas Stories
7:43 AM, Feb 26, 2013
One person died in a drilling accident in Carrollton Monday afternoon, according to reports.
1:34 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Two Ohio state senators introducing legislation to impose tougher penalties for illegal dumping of waste from oil/gas drilling
9:04 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Ohio workers say energy companies promised jobs as they moved into Carroll County and other parts of Eastern Ohio to develop the Utica Shale's oil and natural gas reserves.
2:53 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Man accused of dumping at least 20,000 gallons of gas-drilling waste into the Mahoning River tributary near Youngstown
1:55 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Radioactive waste from oil and natural gas drilling would face new testing, reporting and tracking requirements before going to Ohio landfills under a proposal
10:47 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Two environmental groups are suing an upstate New York town for banning discussion of natural gas drilling and fracking at town board meetings
1:01 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Richard Payne still remembers what it felt like when a gas explosion lifted his house off its foundation five years.
9:07 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The implication of drilling and fracking in Ohio hit home in Mansfield for Law Director John Spon.
9:07 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Ohio has become the epicenter of an oil and gas boom because of what lies thousands of feet below the surface -- shale
8:44 PM, Jan 21, 2013
"FrackNation" is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question
3:54 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Susan Sarandon are touring gas drilling sites in northeastern Pennsylvania
7:54 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Portage County family worries about methane exposure.
5:39 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Kline family can light their well water on fire.
8:26 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Some residents thought it was a mini-earthquake shaking their Geauga County homes Sunday morning
7:58 PM, Dec 5, 2012
A homeowner says cracking walls and crumbling mortar are being caused by a nearby well
7:56 PM, Dec 5, 2012
A huge fracking expo is being held at the I-X Center in Cleveland.
4:25 PM, Dec 5, 2012
Consol Energy and EQT Production Company submitted bids to drill for natural gas and oil at Pittsburgh International Airport
4:17 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Ohio has begun issuing its first permits for deep injection of chemically-laced wastewater from oil and gas drilling since a New Year's Eve quake in Youngstown
7:17 PM, Nov 2, 2012
Throughout Ohio, oil and gas wells dot the landscape, from large rigs along country roads to those tucked away in suburban backyards.
6:52 PM, Nov 1, 2012
"What we're trying to do is protect future generations," says Mansfield Law Director John Spon.
3:44 PM, Nov 1, 2012
To understand what's at stake in Ohio when it comes to oil and gas exploration, you have to understand why Ohio is so attractive to energy companies.
3:43 PM, Nov 1, 2012
The garden on Richard Faber's farm produces all sorts of fruits and vegetables, from tomatoes to watermelons.
9:37 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Michelle Aini no longer allows her six-year-old son to play in the backyard of their Broadview Heights home because of what sits just 600 feet away from them -- an oil and gas well.
6:55 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Ohio sits atop the Utica Shale formation, which is rich in oil and natural gas.
2:02 PM, Oct 5, 2012
Government geologists say the Utica Shale formation holds about 38 trillion feet of recoverable natural gas.
8:14 PM, Sep 21, 2012
More than 100 protests against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking are planned across the globe on Saturday
11:26 AM, Sep 5, 2012
A major pipeline has been proposed that would link Ohio's emerging shale gas fields to energy companies and customers in the Midwest and beyond.
7:48 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Natural gas drilling company Chesapeake Energy last week filed an important Marcellus Shale production report containing so many errors a state database rejected it
4:36 PM, Aug 5, 2012
A northeast Ohio city is planning to hire a consultant to look into leasing city-owned property for gas and oil drilling.
10:33 AM, Aug 2, 2012
Experts say John Kasich's claim that a single energy company could recover $1 trillion of oil and gas from Ohio shale is an overestimate.
9:50 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Maryland man faces two misdemeanor charges after chaining himself to a gate at a Trumbull County deep-injection well
8:03 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Lawmakers have approved legislation that bans hydraulic fracturing byproducts created in other states from entering New Jersey.
3:31 PM, Jun 17, 2012
Topics are Ohio's campaign role, gas/oil taxes and Cleveland levy.
10:54 AM, Jun 16, 2012
A study by the National Research Council concluded that injection of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing can induce earthquakes
6:48 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Governor John Kasich has signed a sweeping energy plan for Ohio.
10:20 AM, Jun 8, 2012
Officials overseeing reservoirs in Ohio's largest contained watershed have decided to halt water sales to oil and gas drillers in response to environmental concerns as they await a water-availability study.
7:49 PM, May 24, 2012
Rules regulating oil and gas well construction, water handling, and the disclosure of chemicals used in drilling cleared their final legislative hurdles Thursday
7:54 PM, May 15, 2012
Ohio Senate has passed a bill laying out new regulations for horizontal shale drilling that lawmakers say set up some of the nation's toughest standards
3:11 PM, May 7, 2012
A state legislative panel in Ohio has approved new rules for horizontal oil and gas drilling amid a shale exploration boom in the state.
7:32 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Trustees at Ohio University have passed a resolution giving the school's president the authority to enter into mineral rights leases on university-owned land
6:49 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Decision to supply water for hydro-fracture drilling could cause a flood of protest by environmental groups
1:44 PM, Apr 19, 2012
A state lawmaker pushing to temporarily ban deep-injection drilling in Ohio says he and others concerned about a series of earthquakes in the Youngstown area are being disrespected in Statehouse hearings.