Forests

U.S. Forest Service Halts Drilling Rights Auction in Ohio

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has withdrawn more than 3,300 acres of public land in southeast Ohio from a federal oil and natural gas lease sale scheduled for Dec. 7, pending a study on the possible effects hydraulic fracturing (fracking) could have on the state’s only national forest.

November 21, 2011

Maryland Marcellus Moratorium Off the Table for Now

A debate over how to regulate the nascent Marcellus Shale industry in Maryland is progressing more subtly than similar debates in Pennsylvania or New York.

February 15, 2011