A crowd shouted and chanted "Save our parks!" as an Ohio commission approved fracking under the state’s largest park and two wildlife areas in the eastern part of the state.
The agreement includes many measures recommended by a 2020 grand jury report. Voluntary air monitoring and data-sharing will take place at two CNX drilling sites.
The injection well would have been 300 feet from the nearest home and dispose of fracking wastewater, which may pose risks to groundwater and air quality.
