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Split Decision by Voters on Local Fracking Bans

2014-11-06 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: The small city of Denton, Tex., voted to ban hydraulic fracturing in Tuesdays election after a hard-fought battle between environmentalists and local oil companies in the heart of natural gas country. But nationwide, local initiatives to ban or restrict the oil and gas production process lost as many elections as were won. Voters in Youngstown, Ohio, a Rust Belt city sitting atop vast deposits of natural gas, sent a proposed ban to a landslide defeat. The campaign in Denton captured national attention...

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