Fracking Ban About to Become Law in Maryland

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Maryland is poised to become the third state to outlaw fracking, as the Senate prepares to vote on a statewide ban and with Gov. Larry Hogan saying he will sign it. The permanent ban would go into effect before a moratorium on the drilling practice expires, meaning that fracking in the state would end before it ever began. Late last week, Hogan, a Republican who has called fracking "an economic gold mine," announced his unexpected support for the ban.

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)