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Fracking encroaches on Pennsylvania forests

March 21, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Five activists were arrested Mar. 20 in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Park for protesting fracking operations there. Blocking the only access point to a wellpad, they chained themselves to barrels of concrete.

Ohio “Frackgate” raises concerns about regulators

March 17, 2014 By Anne Caruso

The FOI request was prompted by Gov. John Kasich's failure to follow through on a 2011 law permitting fracking in Ohio's state parks.

$Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?$

Is Los Angeles poised to ban fracking?

March 7, 2014 By Blake Skylar

It would halt all forms of "extreme well stimulation," including fracking, and require an independent multi-agency study be conducted exploring the economic, environmental, and health impacts of such drilling operations.

$Anti-fracking activists celebrate victory in a fourth Colorado city$

Anti-fracking activists celebrate victory in a fourth Colorado city

November 18, 2013 By John Upton

It turns out that it was a clean sweep for opponents of fracking during last week's elections in Colorado.

$Mi’kmaw nation fights fracking on sovereign land$

Mi’kmaw nation fights fracking on sovereign land

October 22, 2013 By Andrea Perkins

Why is Canadian government concerned with the Mi'kmaw land? Canada accepted Houston-based Southwestern Energy Company's bid to begin an exploration program over 2.5 million acres to test new hydrocarbon basins.