May 19, 2013

MD Dept. of the Environment: All Drilling Permits Have Been Withdrawn

January 24, 2013
Gas prospects in Maryland looking unfavorable
By Matthew Bieniek, Cumberland Times-News, Jan. 22, 2013

The prognosis for natural gas drilling via fracking in Western Maryland’s Marcellus Shale formations any time soon is looking increasingly problematic, according to a recent presentation by the Maryland Department of the Environment.

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Maryland Gov. O’Malley Proposes Funding Fracking Study

January 17, 2013
Budget adds money for bay cleanup, parks, energy efficiency
By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun, Jan. 16, 2013

Gov. Martin O’Malley has proposed funding the state’s study of “fracking” for natural gas, ending a two-year legislative standoff over getting the industry to pay for it.

O’Malley included $1.5 million in

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Md. House Votes to Require Energy Companies to Fund Safety Studies on Natural Gas Fracking

April 3, 2012
“We don’t want to become another Pennsylvania where farms and lives have been ruined by fracking pollution.”
 By Chesapeake Climate Action Network and CitizenShale, March 20, 2012

ANNAPOLIS – Positioning Maryland to be the first state in America to study the safety of natural gas fracking drilling before approving the … Continue reading

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