Hydraulic fracturing battle has moved to several local ballot boxes

摘要

Opponents of hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, and other unconventional oil and gas development technologies have changed their focus to local governments. Initiatives that would ban such activities will be on ballots in several US communities in November. Others could surface in 2015 and 2016, oil and gas association officials told OGJ. "Our members tell us that local communities are where the biggest fights are taking place," said Daniel T. Naatz, vice-president of federal resources and political affairs at the Independent Petroleum Association of America in Washington, DC.