Game of chicken over oil costs jobs, benefits consumers
PNC Bank Economist Mekael Teshome remembers 2008 when there was a concern that the price of oil would go up to $200 a barrel. Last week, the price dropped below $30 per barrel and is expected to go lower. “It feels surreal,” he said.
Hand recount confirms defeat of anti-fracking charter amendment
Mahoning County Board of Elections certified the final vote total By WILLIAM K. ALCORN
Company puts used fracking fluid to other uses
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Deep-well injection of used fracking fluid
Backers of the anti-fracking Youngstown charter amendment to get hand recount
The results of the Struthers mayoral race and everything else on the Nov. 3 ballot will be official today
Local activists have protests at Trumbull County oil-and-gas-waste disposal sites
Members of Frack Free Mahoning Valley traveled to several Trumbull County locations to call attention to the dangers of waste from hydraulic fracturing
Fracking affecting cost of firewood in Northeast
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. Northeasterners who are digging deeper into their pockets to pay
Anti-fracking proposal goes to Youngstown voters for 5th time
City residents are tired of voting on this issue, the mayor says
Anti-fracking backers question accuracy of vote count in Nov. 2014
Mahoning County Board of Elections members called the accusations ‘ridiculous’
Youngstown officials file complaint to get anti-fracking charter amendment on ballot
In a filing with the Ohio Supreme Court, city officials contend the Mahoning County Board of Elections acted “illegally” by refusing to place an anti-fracking citizen-initiative on Youngstown’s Nov. 3 ballot.
O'Brien bill encourages use of natural gas
The legislation would provide tax breaks for consumers, businesses and public agencies that switch to natural gas-powered vehicles
Tax incentives approved for $800M Lordstown power plant
Lordstown council unanimously approved incentive package for Boston company’s $800 million power plant
YSU professor lectures about link between earthquakes, fracking
Public lecture focuses on shale play's impact in the Mahoning Valley
Officials plan trip to ND for fact-finding
A dozen Ohio and West Virginia officials are heading north this winter to learn how a North Dakota city at ground zero of the shale boom dealt with a rapidly growing population.
Anti-fracking activists rally in the Valley
Frackfree Mahoning Valley had rallies in Youngstown, Weathersfield, Poland Township
Texas towns test industry supremacy on fracking
Associated Press RENO, Texas A Texas hamlet shaken by its first recorded earthquake last year
Environmentalists fear bill would weaken Ohio fracking oversight
Environmentalists fear bill would weaken Ohio fracking oversight
Ohio Department of Natural Resources sued
Ohio Department of Natural Resources sued for approval of 23 fracking waste facilities
Chesapeake earnings
Chesapeake earnings OKLAHOMA CITY Chesapeake Energy Corp. reported financial and operational
Concerns, protests over Ohio fracking
COLUMBUS An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to
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