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Chatham County Extends Moratorium on Oil and Gas Development

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Jun 25, 2018 | Local Government

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously last week to extend a moratorium on oil and gas development in the county. The vote came after a lengthy public hearing. County attorney Glenn Dunn said the county has...

N Carolina Fracking Meeting Called Off by Absences

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 9, 2017 | State

A member of a recently retooled panel regulating North Carolina’s fracking industry says its first meeting has been canceled after two members said they would not attend. The state Oil & Gas Commission had scheduled an...

Chatham Board of Commissioners Extend Oil and Gas Moratorium

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Jul 26, 2017 | Local Government

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on July 17 and voted unanimously to extend the moratorium on oil and gas development in the county for one more year. This moratorium focuses on hydraulic fracking,...

Chatham County Officials Review Environmental Study on Fracking

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Jun 13, 2017 | Development

The petroleum extraction technique known as fracking is boring into the meeting agendas of officials in Chatham County as they prepare to review new research on oil development activity. A temporary moratorium on that activity...

Fracking Forum at the Friday Center

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 24, 2016 | The Commentators

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Wood Pellets, Bane or Boon for NC?: Part I

Posted by Jeff Danner | Nov 15, 2015 | Common Science

Readers of this column may recall that I own 16 acres of property about 2 miles west of Carrboro that I operate as a hobby farm/pollinator reserve. Approximately 14 of these acres are wooded. Prior to 1992, this land was part of...

Chatham Commissioners Approve Temporary Fracking Ban

Posted by Staff | Aug 19, 2015 | Local Government

Chatham County Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to ban hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking,’ for two years while officials update county land use plans and ordinances. The General Assembly voted in 2012 to limit the...

Judge Temporarily Halts Fracking Permits in NC

Posted by Associated Press | May 20, 2015 | State

A judge has ordered North Carolina not to issue any fracking permits until the state Supreme Court rules on a legal question about how state panels are formed.

Radon, A Fracking Risk I Previously Overlooked

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 26, 2015 | Common Science

Earlier this month, researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives detailing the increase in radon concentrations in homes in the state of Pennsylvania since 2004,...

No Applications Yet for Fracking Permits

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2015 | State Government

A controversial bill passed that lifts the state’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. No one has applied for a fracking permit yet.

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