EID has highlighted that the first two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) federal mineral lease auctions of acreage in the Wayne National Forest yielded nearly $7 million. But folks may not realize that of that $7 million, the state of Ohio will receive 25 percent...
EID recently highlighted that national fringe environmental groups have promised “litigious battles, to drive regulation” as part of their goal to ban fracking. That effort is playing out in Ohio, where the Center for Biological Diversity, Ohio Environmental Council, Heartwood and the Sierra Club have...
After the Columbus Dispatch exposed how teachers at Little Dreamers, Big Believers daycare forced preschool children to submit public comment to protest fracking around the Wayne National forest, criticism from the community has come pouring in. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the teachers told children...
The Center for Biological Diversity, in conjunction with the usual team of fringe anti-fracking activists — the Ohio Sierra Club, the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC), Athens County Fraction Action Network (ACFAN) and the Buckeye Environmental Network — recently put out a press release announcing they...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced late last week it will lease another 1,186 acres in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF) in an upcoming auction set for March 23. In doing so, the BLM has increased the acreage up for sale by 65 percent...
This week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hosted an online competitive auction sale of federal minerals located under the surface of the Wayne National Forest. The BLM auctioned off 719 acres for a total sale of over $1.7 million. On average, each acre sold...
Fringe anti-fracking activists, feeling a bit desperate after their failed attempt to ban fracking in the Wayne National Forest, are now calling on “national and international voices” to try to stop oil and gas development. Recently, two Ohio activists tried to make a big deal...
After four years of study, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has made a final decision to offer 40,000 acres of minerals located in Monroe, Noble, and Washington Counties in Ohio for competitive lease sale for oil and natural gas development under the surface...
Over the last several months, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been deliberating whether to offer 40,000 acres of minerals located in Monroe, Noble, and Washington Counties in Ohio for competitive lease sale for oil and natural gas development under the surface of...
For years, Energy In Depth has exposed how out-of-state anti-fracking groups have parachuted into our communities to push misinformation while pretending to be “local” groups. Lately this phenomenon has been taken to a whole new level by the “Keep it in the Ground” movement. These...
Elected officials from both parties recently joined groups from across Ohio to advocate for responsible oil and gas development in the Wayne National Forest (WNF). The support has been overwhelming and bipartisan ahead of the public comment period coming to a close. U.S. Senator Rob...
EID has noted several times before that local communities support shale development in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF), while opposition has primarily come from out-of-state anti-fracking groups that are completely out of touch with the needs of these communities. A primary example of why folks...