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Unitization has been legal in Ohio since 1965, however, the last decade has seen unitization orders surge to meet fracking demands. The ODNR enacted 112 unitization orders in 2022 and nearly 100 ...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will receive $59.7 million in bonuses under the fracking leases and each lease includes a 12.5% royalty paid to the state for production.
Opinion: Ohio needs leadership committed to reversing policies that hurt Mother Earth.
The Niles, Ohio city council passed a fracking ban in August 2013, but unanimously rescinded the ban the following month, after testimony from labor union representatives. [ 289 ] On February 14, 2017, there was a bill put into motion in the House to amend and revise OH SB50 (Prohibit deep well injection of brine and conversion of wells).
The decision is the first of its kind in Ohio, although laws allowing fracking have been on the books since 2011. Legislation under then- Gov. John Kasich, ...
[52] [67] Following the announcement of the moratorium in April 2011, a task team appointed by Mineral Resources minister Susan Shabangu was appointed to investigate the feasibility and environmental impact on fracking. The moratorium was lifted on 7 September 2012, with the team's report not having been made public, and the task team having ...
Environmental impact of fracking in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the contamination of ground and surface water, methane emissions, [1] air pollution, migration of gases and fracking chemicals and radionuclides to the surface, the potential mishandling of solid waste, drill cuttings, increased seismicity and associated effects on human and ecosystem health.
Fracking incidents in Ohio. There were more than 1,400 fracking incidents associated with oil and gas wells in Ohio between 2018 and September 2023, ...