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New York judge upholds fracking ban in towns (Reuters) – In a blow to the oil and gas industry, a judge has ruled small towns in New York have the authority to ban drilling — including the controversial method known as fracking — within their borders. How Fracking, Drilling and Earthquakes Are LinkedIn the scientific community, it was pretty much established in the 1960s that injecting fluids into the ground sometimes causes earthquakes. Read More Q & A. DeWine: Drilling laws ‘not adequate’ Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine thinks Ohio’s natural-gas and oil drilling laws are “not adequate” compared with other states. Read more. Ohio State records show that nearly 60 percent of the brine that’s injected into Ohio disposal wells these days doesn’t come from Ohio. It’s trucked in from shale gas wells drilled in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Read more Join in on January 17th at 11am in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg as we welcome the Legislature back from break and deliver the message that they must protect our health, water, air, & communities by opposing legislation that allows the state takeover of municipal rights.
The Pennsylvania Legislature ended 2011 by attempting to pass bills (SB 1100 & HB 1950) that would allow the state to take away a municipality’s power through zoning to determine what is best for its community regarding natural gas operations. Why should the gas industry get special treatment? More Information contact: veronica@mtwatershed.com
January 11 – Hundreds of people showed
Jan. 10, 1-3 PM – Youngstown Residents, Speakers will include Rep. Bob Hagan and representatives from communities turned into wastelands. We will be providing a bus for transportation for Youngstown area activists. Please Meet at the the Youngstown First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1105 Elm Street Youngstown, OH at 8:30 Am, the bus will leave for Columbus at 9:00 am. New link- Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy Ohio Senate Bill 213-Fracking moratorium Rally for Ohio’s Energy Future Say “NO” to fracking – Wed. Sept. 21st NOON -OSU Student Union 1739 North High St. Columbus and 4:30 music & speakers More infor. www.nofrackohio.com Want to learn about the basic’s of fracking? Watch CHEJFracking101 Slide Show Watch the Fracking Company’s Promo Chesapeake Energy Shale Operations Slide showChesapeake Energy Powerpoint (2) Fracking Campaign
Ohio Legislators speak out against fracking in state parks
Managing Community Resistance to Fracking Industry and government training document to manage community resistance to fracking in their area. Read before going to a pro fracking meeting.
Fraccidents Map
The country is in the midst of an unprecedented gas drilling boom – brought on by a controversial technology called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Along with this fracking-fueled gas rush have come troubling reports of poisoned drinking water, polluted air, mysterious animal deaths, industrial disasters and explosions. We call them “Fraccidents.”
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