Topics › Power Sector › Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity › Prohibiting Oil and Gas Extraction Example Vermont Fracking Ban Vermont banned fracking in 2012, the first state in the nation to do so. Documents Existing Laws 29 V.S.A. § 571 View Related Resources Example Oregon’s Offshore Oil Drilling Ban States and State Governments Example Washington Fracking Ban States and State Governments Example Oregon’s Battle with Jordan Cove Energy Project States and State Governments Example Colorado Fee on Oil and Gas to Fund Transit States and State Governments Example New Hampshire Ban on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling States and State Governments Example New Jersey’s Offshore Oil Drilling Ban States and State Governments