At a meeting in Jefferson sponsored by a Landowner's group, one of the attorneys present said "1 million gallons of water are being taken out of the Grand River now." Where will all this water come from as more wells are drilled?
Gail Larson, Trumbull Township
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Tony and Jackie Evangelista
Subject: Fwd: Help Make Fracking Waste Regulated as Hazardous
Hello All, Having seen the film, Gasland, last evening, I am in a state of shock about how much damage fracking has already done in the US and about how this has all gone pretty much under the radar. I had no idea how far the practice has extended in the west, and now Ohio is threatened. There was an article on the front page of the PD today about an agreement that landowners in Trumbull County have made with BP to frack there. This has all gone under the radar because Dick Cheney got an exemption to the Clean Air Act put in a big energy bill passed in 2005. So these companies do not have to report all the many toxic chemicals which are in their fracking process. It appears that the regulatory function of the EPA has been compromised making this a vital Action Alert to respond to. Here's a link to an article just out about the situation in PA: http://truth-out.org/news/item/8021-about-that-dimock-fracking-study-results-did-show-methane-and-hazardous-chemicals. Please forward to like-minded friends.
Jackie
Dear Jacqueline,
As we saw with the New Year's Eve earthquake in Youngstown, Ohio, disposing of millions of gallons of out-of-town "fracking” waste is risky business.
Not only is the practice of fracking - horizontal hydraulic fracturing to reach deep-shale reserves of gas – risky, we must also worry about how the waste produced by this technique is handled.
With your help, the US EPA can have authority to regulate toxic oil and gas waste for what it is - hazardous waste.
The water pumped into the shale rock during fracking is full of chemicals – many of them toxic – and when that fluid comes back up, it still contains harmful chemicals and other nasty elements.
Please take action now. We must protect our health and our environment.
Recently, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources concluded that the series of 12 earthquakes in Youngstown last year were a result of a fracking waste-fluid injection well. As a result, Ohio regulators have announced a series of new controls on these high-pressure waste wells.
But the Ohio Environmental Council believes that the waste from oil and gas drilling should be disposed of using more protective methods. One important way to do that is for the EPA to regulate this waste as hazardous waste.
Sign our petition now urging Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, to end oil and gas exemptions from federal hazardous waste law.
Our health and communities can’t afford to wait. Please take action now using our easy form!
Sincerely,
http://www.theoec.org/
Keith Dimoff
Executive Director
P.S. Please make a $25 donation today to help the OEC continue our work to secure healthy air, land, and water for all who call Ohio home.
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