A Texas-based company was chosen as the highest and best bid to frack about 170 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area during this month’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting.

ECONOMY ― A natural gas company has surrendered its permits to pump water from a western Pennsylvania creek in a move welcomed by environmentalists fearful of rising industrial demand for surface ...

An Ohio lawmaker wants to require oil companies drilling in state parks to disclose the chemicals they're using. Rep. Sean Brennan, D-Parma, introduced a bill to require the owners of oil and gas ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may cause an increase of radon gas in nearby homes. Studies on fracking and radon have produced conflicting results, leading to calls for more research. Austin ...

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