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    Men accused of dumping plead not guilty

    A northeast Ohio businessman and one of his employees have pleaded not guilty to charges alleging they violated the Clean Water Act by repeatedly dumping gas-drilling wastewater into a storm sewer.

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      Feds charge man in wastewater dumping

      Prosecutors are charging a northeast Ohio man with violating the federal Clean Water Act after at least 20,000 gallons of gas-drilling waste was dumped into a river tributary.

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      Ohio seeks new tests on drilling waste

      Contaminated wastes from a boom in oil and natural gas drilling would face new testing, reporting and tracking requirements before going to Ohio landfills under proposal developed by three state agencies over the past several months.

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        Hollywood on fracking in 'Promised Land'

        The new movie "Promised Land" digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that's generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy.

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          Drilling opponents plan rally in NE Ohio

          Anti-drilling demonstrators say a new movie is inspiring a protest in Youngstown, where deep injection of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing was linked to a series of earthquakes.

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            Man arrested at Ohio fracking protest

            A Maryland man faces two misdemeanor charges after chaining himself to a gate at a northeast Ohio deep-injection well in order to block trucks carrying wastewater from oil and gas drilling.

            Ohio governor imposes new deep-injection rules

            Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday issued an executive order that immediately imposed new state regulations on deep-injection wells used to dispose of

            Governor signs new gas drilling rules for Ohio

            A representative of Ohio's oil and gas industry says the policy debate over hydraulic fracturing in the state is unlikely to end with Gov. John Kasich's

            Broadview Heights fracking fuels concern for homeowners

            Some Broadview Heights residents are so upset by the number of gas and oil wells that have popped up in their neighborhoods since Senate Bill 278 went into

            Ohio has oil & gas reserves to rival Saudi Arabia, energy executive says

            Energy industry leaders cover a wide range of topics at Executive Caterers Corporate Club at Landerhaven, from fracking to oil to the 2003 Blackout.

            Ohio oil and gas wells contribute $23 billion to state's economy

            The president of the American Petroleum Institute spoke to the Cleveland City Club Friday about the role that  Ohio can play by providing increased oil and

            300-foot buffer proposed for Ohio park drilling

            A state natural resource agency's proposed rules for drilling in state parks would require natural gas and oil companies to stay at least 300 feet from

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            1. Convicted killer of teen could be freed

              Convicted killer of teen could be freed

              The family of a 17-year-old Mentor girl who was brutally murdered in 1985 is urging the Ohio Parole Board to keep her killer behind bars.

            2. More CLE police disciplinary hearings

              More CLE police disciplinary hearings

              A half dozen Cleveland police sergeants accused of failing to take "any supervisory action" during a fatal chase and shooting in November will explain their actions during disciplinary hearings Thursday and Friday.

            3. More trouble for Browns owner Haslam

              • Scripps investigation draws scrutiny

              • Employee drug tests ID synthetic drugs

              • New forms of synthetic marijuana emerge

              • Haslam admits 250 trucking firms shorted