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Injection wells produce safety worries in Girard, Hubbard

Girard Mayor James Melfi found out about a brine injection well in the same way his residents did.

Salty water fuels an acidic debate

At the crux of the debate between state environmental legislators and Patriot Water Treatment, LLC, is brine.

Fracking lobby money gushes forth in Ohio

Fracking industry contributions are filling the coffers of Ohio legislators and public officials just as fast as oil and gas companies are invading the state, according to a nonprofit group.

UTICA SHALE REGION || Effects could be stressful on land values

Thousand-dollar-an-acre leases and double-digit royalty rates from natural oil and gas leases are expected to bring joy to thousands of Mahoning Valley residents.

Chesapeake Energy gets more property for Utica shale drilling

Chesapeake Energy gets more property for Utica Shale drilling

Ruling on brine stirs up debate

Andrew Blocksom could have been angry over Attorney General Mike DeWine’s decision that a former environmental regulator illegally issued two brine-water permits that allow Blocksom’s company to operate.

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Town-hall meeting on Utica Shale drilling is Wednesday in North Jackson

Did brine well trigger 6 Mahoning Valley earthquakes?

The Mahoning Valley has experienced seven minor earthquakes since March — the only quakes ever recorded with epicenters in the Valley.

Pa. firm teams with New Mexico firm to treat frack water

Fracking study: Little fouling of water

Staff report UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. A new study commissioned by Pennsylvania State University says

Lease agreement allows for Utica Shale drilling in Mahoning, Columbiana counties

Utica Shale gas drillers primed to dig in Mahoning Valley

The Utica Shale exploration is ramping up, especially here in the Mahoning Valley, where new drilling permits have been approved, and 20,000 acres of freshly minted lease deals are nearly ready to be signed.

Stay off the fracking bandwagon

Opinion: Stay off the fracking bandwagon I’m not a tree hugger, howev- er comments on fracking by state

EPA: Regulate fracking wastewater’s disposal

Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. Federal environmental regulators signaled this week that they

Campbell council wary of fracking-waste disposal well

By jeanne starmack starmack@vindy.com Campbell City council sent a company’s proposal for a