Ohio’s Top O&G Counties Lag in Jobs, but Not Because of Shale

When we first spotted an article by PBS titled "Why Ohio’s top oil and gas producing counties continue to lag in jobs," we were intrigued. The "deck" of the article (the little subtext directly under the headline) says, "A decade into Ohio’s shale gas boom, seven Appalachian counties still have unemployment rates that exceed the state average. Experts and local sources suggested four reasons why fracking hasn’t closed the gap." The implication is that fracking and the jobs it could and would create were oversold. Jobs from fracking are smoke without fire. Yet the article itself appears to prove just the opposite--that fracking HAS led to a dramatic increase in jobs in Ohio.

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