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Use safeguards to avert quakes, experts testify at YSU drilling hearing
Expert testimony at a joint subcommittee meeting of the state House and Senate on Tuesday indicated certain precautions could prevent injection-well- induced earthquakes.
Beaver residents appeal for more well regulation
Julia Fuhrman Davis says she moved to Beaver Township 17 years ago from Canfield because it “was beautiful.” But Davis believes her quiet neighborhood won’t be beautiful after the addition of a soon-to-be active brine-injection well.
Federal agency: Medina families at risk from polluted water tied to drilling
A federal health agency says potentially explosive levels of natural gas at two houses in Granger Township in eastern Medina County are a public-health threat.
Injection-brine wells limited in Ohio to 8,000 feet
Gov. John Kasich and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources have decided to limit brine-injection wells to a maximum 8,000 feet deep.
Mahoning Valley isn’t the only Ohio area with recent seismic activity Another community rocked by quakes
Youngstown has become the poster city for potential injection-well-induced earthquakes.
Texas co. wants to lease mineral rights at Poland cemetery
John Phillip of Campbell Development LLC, based in Fort Worth, Texas, has offered Poland Township a contract to lease the mineral rights under 35 acres that make up the Lowellville Cemetery at 2700 Stewart Road.
OEPA urged to rethink Warren permit proposal
Area residents, business representatives and legislators are warning the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that new regulations would be detrimental to the Mahoning Valley economy.
ODNR still unsure of D&L well’s tie to Valley earthquakes
State environmental regulators say they are still trying to determine whether a brine-injection well conclusively triggered 11 Mahoning Valley earthquakes.
156 drilling permits granted in 2011
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued 156 permits in 2011 to drilling companies looking to capitalize on natural gas and oil in the Utica Shale.
Shell project to remain in Ohio
Though the Mahoning Valley is out of the running for a $2 billion economic investment, it appears that project is primed to stay in the Buckeye State.
200 rally in Columbus against hydraulic fracturing
Protesters traveled to Columbus Tuesday hoping to persuade lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich to stop all horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Ohio until studies are completed to ensure the oil and gas-production method is safe. A public meeting with ODNR officials is set for 5 p.m. today at the Covelli Centre.
Speaker: Process will cause ‘crisis’
An Ithaca College professor doesn’t want to see a halt to horizontal fracturing. She wants to see it banned.
Valley officials want answers about seismic events
Mahoning County Commissioner Anthony Traficanti was sitting in his office in North Lima on New Year’s Eve when the earth shook.
Liberty: Trustees support lobbying
The trustees voted 2 to 1 to table the resolution requesting its attorney look into the legality of controlling all types of gas drilling and injection wells.