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Fracking Opponents Put Off Referendum On New Drilling Rules

fracking well
Drilling rigs like this one have popped up around Ohio and other parts of the country since the advent of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
7:30AM
June
22, 2012

Environmental activists have criticized Ohio’s new rules governing drilling as being too weak, but they will not mount an effort to put the rules before voters this fall.