Ohio Fracking News Today

Poor residents in the state know they’re no match for the powerful oil and gas lobby with friends in high places

Recently, the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission selected the “highest and best” bidders to lease part of Salt Fork State Park, Valley Run Wildlife Area, and Zepernick Wildlife Area

A last-minute effort from environmental groups to halt the process was shot down by a judge

Even quickly cleaned-up releases involve chemicals that can be toxic, and hundreds of "minor" incidents belie the industry's claims that there are few problems

"We are living a roller coaster of climate catastrophes in real time with a promise of worse."

"Data show that Appalachian production began to plateau as early as 2019”

Ohio’s Oil and Gas Land Management Commission is now accepting proposals to drill beneath public land like state parks

“Ohio’s severance taxes are pitiful, and they have meant a severe missed opportunity for Appalachia and for Ohio as a whole”