Legal Feds appeal court order that stalls gas drilling in Ohio national forest
Sebastien Malo
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Protesters take part in a rally against U.S. fracked gas exports from the proposed Cove Point facility in Maryland, at a demonstration by several environmental organizations and activists, at the National Mall in Washington July 13, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have appealed to a federal appeals court rulings in Columbus federal court that prohibit them from issuing new permits to drill on oil and gas leases in Ohio s only national forest until they re-assess the environmental effects of fracking on that land.