Fracking comes to Ohio

[RyanPsych]

CLEVELAND - Airways here and across Ohio have recently been flooded by ads from the oil and natural gas industry gleefully explaining that a new technology has allowed them to extract natural gas from rock. Other ads remind viewers that they may be part owners of natural gas and oil companies through their retirement or pension funds.

Why the flood of information about natural gas? Because "fracking" has come to Ohio. Three bills currently before the Ohio legislature would allow fracking in state parks. The industry seeks to drill 20,000 wells in the state parks with each site requiring the clearing of 20 acres of the surrounding woods. Currently there are only three wells in Ohio using a destructive new technology called slick water hydro-fracking, or high-pressure, high volume hydro-fracking.

Amendments to the bills proposing more environmental protections and excluding Lake Erie from fracking have all been rejected.

Over the past month standing room only crowds of concerned citizens have been testifying at public hearings against the drilling in state parks. Only one person testified in favor - David Mustine, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, appointed by Republican Governor John Kasich. Mustine has a background working for the oil and gas industry.

continue reading at: http://www.peoplesworld.org/fracking-stirs-controversy-in-ohio/

[LeftinOH]

1. I just attended a community meeting about this last night; the state parks

are the only land we have any say about (other than our own); property owners surrounding state parks are perfectly free to allow fracking on their land. So- the water supply is going to get ruined no matter what. Educating people about fracking is the only way. A screening of the film "Gasland" is helpful.

[sunwyn]

2. As if being the largest importer of toxic waste in the nation wasn't enough.

This just makes me want to weep. John Kasich is going destroy this state. If I had the money I would move the hell out of here.

[Just One Woman]

3. It's not nice to frack with mother nature

I want that bumper sticker!

[ejpoeta]

4. "gasland" should be required viewing for anyone even considering this!!

five minutes into this movie and my husband said there was no way he would have this on our property!! uh uh. we live in wny though. i would hope that our proximity to a wildlife preserve would mean we would be safe.... if we had any gas here that is.

[mwb970]

5. 99.5% of Ohio is already open for drilling.

That wasn't enough, so now they're going for our parks. Sadly, this is just one example of the toxic policies of the ideological Wall Street banker Ohioans foolishly decided would be a good choice for governor. Now we're stuck with the jerk for four long years.

[KoKo]

6. Our President says it's good...because the Saudi's are More Evil?

Who Knows...but thanks for the post. "Fracking coming to YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOON!"