A trade group told lawmakers this week that allowing oil and gas drilling in state parks and other public lands could provide more than $300 million in lease and royalty payments, reports
The Youngstown Vindicator.
"Of all the energy-source issues that have been recently debated at the Statehouse, the state lands leasing proposal is the only one that generates significant cash flow for the state, doesn't require subsidies or mandates to make economic sense and actually provides an immediate benefit to taxpayers," said Tom Stewart, executive vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. "This is about the state doing something to help itself."
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