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Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a method of oil and natural gas extraction. Fracking involves injecting fluid into subterranean rock formations at high pressure to produce a fracture network that allows crude oil and natural gas inside dense rocks to be extracted at the surface.[1][2]

Information on fracking-related ballot measures from 2013 to 2016 can be found below.

Fracking-related ballot measures

2016

See also: Notable 2016 local measures

Local measures

Approveda Butte County Fracking Ban Initiative (November 2016)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot City of Columbus Community Bill of Rights Fracking Ban Initiative Charter Amendment (November 2016)
Approveda Monterey County Ban on Fracking and Extreme Oil Extraction Methods Initiative (November 2016)

Statewide measures

Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Michigan Fracking Ban Initiative (2016)

2015

See also: Notable 2015 local measures

Local measures

Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Athens County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Waste Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Defeatedd City of Hermosa Beach E&B Oil Drilling and Production Project, Measure O (March 2015)
Defeatedd City of La Habra Heights Ban on New Oil & Gas Wells and Fracking Initiative, Measure A (March 2015)
In Progress City of Youngstown "Community Bill of Rights" and Fracking Ban Initiative Charter Amendment (November 2015)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Fulton County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Medina County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Meigs County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Portage County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Waste Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)

2014

See also: Notable 2014 local measures

Local measures

Approveda Denton, Texas (November 2014)
Approveda Athens, Ohio Issue 7 (November 2014)
Defeatedd Santa Barbara, California Measure P (November 2014)
Approveda San Benito County, California Measure J (November 2014)
Approveda Mendocino County, California Measure S (November 2014)
Defeatedd Gates Mills, Ohio Issue 51 (November 2014)
Defeatedd Youngstown, Ohio Issue 4 (November 2014)
Defeatedd Kent, Ohio Issue 21
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot City of Niles "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban Initiative (November 2014)
Defeatedd City of Loveland Two Year Fracking Suspension Initiative, Question 1 (June 2014)
Defeatedd Youngstown "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban Charter Amendment (May 2014)
Defeatedd Johnson County Fracking Ban Referendum (March 2014)

Statewide measures

Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Colorado Fracking Ban Initiative (2014)
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot Michigan Fracking Ban Initiative (2014)

2013

Approveda Question 300: City of Lafayette "Community Rights Act" Fracking Ban Amendment
Approveda Question 300: Broomfield Five Year Fracking Suspension
Approveda Question 2A: City of Fort Collins Five Year Fracking Suspension
Approveda Question 2H: City of Boulder Five Year Fracking Suspension

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ University of Oklahoma, "Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources," accessed March 12, 2014
  2. ↑ Frack Wire, “What is Fracking,” accessed January 28, 2014
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