COLUMBUS — A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said Friday as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers.
COLUMBUS — After a childhood spent moving around, Patti Gorcheff vowed that she’d never uproot her daughter. But she says wastewater disposal in her area from an oil and gas drilling frenzy that’s hit Ohio and other states has forced her to change her mind.
The cost of Delaware City’s multi-million-dollar water treatment plant is higher than previously estimated, and now city officials are considering reducing the plant’s proposed new capacity. City Public Utilities Director Brad Stanton said the current estimate of the total construction cost is a little more than $26 million. The previous estimated total project cost was about $25 million.
COLUMBUS — American Electric Power Co. Inc. warned Thursday that it would have to shut down five plants and reduce operations at six others, at a cost of 600 jobs, to comply with new rules for coal-fired power plants proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.