Ohio approves bids to drill beneath 15,000 acres of public land

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is opening nearly 15,000 more acres of public land to fracking after state officials selected the ...

Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill speeding up Ohio’s oil and gas permitting process

Ohio's oil and gas industry says Senate Bill 219 makes much-needed updates to state drilling laws, though environmental ...

Fracking bids approved for nearly 15,000 acres of public land in Ohio

Ohio officials approved fracking bids for thousands of acres of public land amid loud protests.
The Boston Globe

What is fracking, and why was it mentioned so much in the presidential debate?

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...

Bureau of Land Management opens public California land for oil and gas leasing

Fracking and drilling could be coming back to California. Environmental advocates say it could be devastating to wildlife and ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Oil and gas drilling and fracking permits in Los Padres forest are nixed by feds

In early April, two federal agencies canceled permits to drill eight new oil and gas wells that included the potentially polluting use of chemical fracking on land within the southeastern portion of ...
MyTwinTiers.com on MSN

Environmentalists petition the court to defend New York’s ban on fracking

Environmental organizations have petitioned a federal court to join New York State in defending its bans on natural gas ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

Feds Opens Up 850,000 Acres of Central Coast to Oil and Gas Drilling, Fracking

Public land now open to leasing includes a parcel next to Cate School in Carpinteria, a public park in Lompoc, and land ...