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Dec 8, 2012 · That's the question surrounding a controversial natural gas drilling method that could come to western Maryland. ... Potential Fracking In Maryland Sparks Controversy.
Mar 3, 2021 · Vermont, Maryland, and New York state permanently banned fracking in 2012, 2017, and 2020, respectively, but Vermont doesn’t have any natural gas to speak of, while Maryland and New York have ...
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Our mission is to build an even more powerful grassroots movement to put a permanent, statewide ban on fracking by October 2017. When the General Assembly came back in full-swing, our movement to ban fracking in Maryland moved at full-speed. The Maryland House of Delegates answered our movement’s call on March 10, 2017, when they passed House ...
Apr 4, 2017 · A 2014 Towson University study found fracking could create 3,600 jobs over 10 years in economically distressed Garrett and Allegany counties in far western Maryland. But fracking opponents also cited economic concerns in banning the drilling practice, noting costs in cleanup up potential spills and setbacks to tourism.
Mar 28, 2017 · March 28, 2017. The anti-fracking movement just found a new toehold in Maryland, which is set to pass a ban on the practice. Credit: Getty Images. Update: The statewide fracking ban bill was ...
Mar 26, 2015 · Will Maryland soon close its borders to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking? The state’s House of Delegates voted 94-45 Tuesday in favor of legislation that seeks a three-year ban on fracking, the ...
The two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” passed by Maryland in 2015 is set to expire in October 2017. Some lawmakers and activists are calling for permanent ban on the process, alleging fracking would, among other things, endanger public health by polluting groundwater and causing an increase in the incidence of asthma.
