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The Oklahoma Legislature is sending a message to towns, cities and counties: Don’t try to ban fracking.Oklahoma legislators were inspired by the November…
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Officials in at least two cities have publicly questioned bills filed during the 2015 legislative session that would limit the local governments’…
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As legislation written to prevent counties and municipalities from banning hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas activities advances through the…
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A proposed amendment to legislation limiting the power local governments have to regulate oil and gas operations expands the bill’s language to prevent…
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The Senate Energy Committee approved a bill Thursday during its first meeting of the session that would give the state authority to regulate oil and gas…
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When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide ban on fracking in 2014, Oklahoma Rep. Casey Murdock took notice. After voters in the city of…
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A rowdy crowd of concerned residents shouted at city officials and questioned representatives of an oil company at a Thursday night meeting about a…
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Driven by water worries, safety questions and quality of life concerns, residents in Oklahoma and states around the country have pushed for citywide bans…
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Insufficient rains and increasing demand put enormous pressure on Oklahoma’s water resources both on the surface and underground. But it’s also hard to…
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At an interim hearing at the state Capitol Tuesday, a state representative from north-central Oklahoma questioned whether the state was properly…