More Ohio wildlife areas approved for oil and gas drilling

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission approved several wildlife areas and other public lands for hydraulic ...

Why are we fracking Ohio’s only national forest?

The acreages that make up the Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio are a patchwork of land parcels which lie in 12 Ohio ...
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What Is Fracking And How Did It Make Oil More Affordable?

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...
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Research & Commentary: New Study Highlights Significant Impact of Shale Boom, Fracking Revolution in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A study from researchers at Miami University in Ohio—recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Economics—provides new evidence that the hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) ...
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Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers

ODESSA (The Texas Tribune) — Oil and gas companies are seeking legal shelter as Texas comes closer to using waste brine once considered too toxic for anything other than fracking to replenish Texas’ ...

Two Ohio wildlife areas approved for oil and gas drilling bids

Egypt Valley and Jockey Hollow wildlife areas in southeastern Ohio will open for energy company bidding this spring, covering ...