Permissible

In the wake of oil and gas drilling becoming permissible on state-owned land throughout Ohio, industry supporters are forming the Ohio Shale Coalition (OSC) to tout the economic benefits of developing the Marcellus and Utica shales while also countering the claims of detractors.

Responding to concerns expressed by citizens, the government of Nova Scotia has begun a year-long review of environmental issues associated with hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking).

Canada’s Department of Finance has given additional guidance to income trusts and other flow-through entities on what it considers permissible “normal growth” with respect to new tax measures announced on Oct. 31 (see NGI, Nov. 6).