"Ohio Senate Approves New Fracking Rules" [1]
"COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio senators approved new regulations for horizontal shale drilling known as fracking on Tuesday in a bipartisan vote punctuated by a spoken rendition of 'The Beverly Hillbillies' theme song."
"State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, used the 1960s sitcom's protagonist — who became an instant millionaire when he discovered oil — to urge fellow lawmakers to dispense with critics of hydraulic fracturing and get drilling moving in the state.
'Folks, we're sitting on a mountain of money,' he said. 'People who have been poor as church mice for 150 years are now going to be the latter-day Jed Clampetts.'
The detailed energy bill cleared the chamber, 27-6, with backing from both Republicans and Democrats. It also adjusts Ohio's renewable energy standard, which set a timetable for utilities to meet usage thresholds, to include waste heat such as that generated from factory smokestacks."
Julie Carr Smyth reports for the Associated Press May 16, 2012. [2]
SEE ALSO:
"Insight: In Ohio, "Fracking" Boom A Delicate Issue For Obama" (Reuters)
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"States Scramble To Regulate Fracking" (Chicago Tribune)
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"Vermont Becomes First State To Ban Gas Drilling Technique Known as Hydraulic Fracturing" (AP)
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"State Law Would Require Drillers To Disclose Chemicals Used in Fracking" (Ravenna Record-Courier) [6]
"Oil Companies Agree To Post Fracking Data" (Bakersfield Californian)
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"State Cements Fracking Rules" (New Philadelphia Times-Reporter) [8]
"Controversial Fracking Bill Advances" (Charlotte Observer) [9]
"Average Citizens Are Unaware of Unsafe Chemicals Used in Fracking" (Zanesville Times-Recorder) [10]
"Fracking Safety Improves Dramatically, Says Independent Study" (Forbes) [11]
"UB Shale Institute Taps Industry Shills" (Art Voice)
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"Could Fracking in Los Angeles Cause an Earthquake?" (L.A. Weekly) [13]
"Firms Step Up Fracking Disclosure; Activists Want It Banned" (PolitiCal/Los Angeles Times) [14]
"Fast-Track Fracking Legislation: a Solution in Search of a Problem" (Progressive Pulse/NC Policy Watch) [15]