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Does fracking pose a public health hazard?

Experts are torn as to whether horizontal fracking poses significant public health hazards.

DC Fracking Today | Oil industry exec rips conference as 'witch hunt'

Vindy reporter Karl Henkel is in Washington, D.C. all day today for a special daylong conference on the environmental impact of fracking.

Injection wells not new to Valley, so why are we all shook up

With the city skyline in the distance, a brine injection well owned by D&L Energy Inc. is seen in Youngstown. The company has halted operations at the well, which disposes of brine used in gas and oil drilling, after a series of small earthquakes hit the area in 2011.

Energy: Our No. 1 challenge

Opinion: The recent interest in Utica Shale has me recalling a meeting I attended in 2003, during which Nobel

‘Frac sand’ mining boom spurs environmental concerns

Associated Press CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. The rolling hills and scenic bluffs of western Wisconsin

D&L Energy to finance geological study of injection well area

Susie Beiersdorfer, a part-time geology instructor at Youngstown State University and a member of Occupy Youngstown, spoke at Wednesday’s Youngstown City Council meeting about injection wells and earthquakes. Council President Jamael Tito Brown, left, listens.

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Liberty plans to study its right to ban drilling

The 2011 earthquakes that hit this area convinced Liberty officials that now is the time to control gas- and injection-well drilling in the township.

Ryan calls on EPA, others for answers

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan says he supports the state’s decision to halt injection of brine wastewater into wells within a 5-mile radius of the site on Ohio Works Drive in Youngstown.

Mayor seeks injection-wells moratorium

Mayor Charles Sammarone will ask city-council members today to support a moratorium on injection wells in Youngstown after the 11th earthquake in the past 10 months shook the city.

Quake fallout takes many paths

The New Year’s Eve earthquake quake rattled nerves across the Valley — but not much else.

D&L faced violations in its past

D&L Energy Inc. is best known for its brine-injection well in the city that is suspected of triggering 11 Mahoning Valley earthquakes this year.

Ohio bans injection wells near D&L site in Youngstown

Youngstown's New Year's Eve 4.0 quake was felt as far away as Buffalo.

D&L halts operations at Youngstown brine well

The small earthquake that shook Youngstown on Christmas Eve had a depth shallower than originally reported, prompting the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Friday to order D&L Energy Inc. to cease operations at a nearby brine-injection well.

2011: ‘Year of the Earthquakes’ in Mahoning Co.

The year 2011 — at least in the short term — will be known as “Year of the Earthquakes” in Mahoning County.

Valley landowners urged to put lease deals into escrow

Oil and gas leases can be quite convoluted. The negotiating process may seem tedious, but signing on the dotted line doesn’t mean the process is complete.