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Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer caused by the presence of a pressurized fluid. Hydraulic fractures may form naturally, as in the case of veins or dikes, or may be man-made in order to release petroleum, natural gas, coal seam gas, or other substances for extraction, where the technique is often called "fracking."
Please visit www.nofrackohio.com to find out more about BFC's work on fracking.
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 |
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Ohio Community Groups Join Growing Number Calling “Fracking Peace Deal” Bogus
Columbus, Ohio- A growing movement of grassroots community groups in
Ohio released a statement today, which accompanied a letter sent
directly to the Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD), calling
the “peace” reached by the Oil and Gas industry and environmental
groups a complete fabrication.
The letter, sent by hundreds of citizens and community groups, stated,
“We are in fact quite insulted that you (CSSD), presume to speak for
Ohio citizens and Ohio environmental organizations. To date we have not
found even one organization in our state that had any knowledge of this
agreement, even though you have been working on it for the past two
years. If indeed you have been working or communicating with
environmental organizations in Ohio, please provide us with the name(s)
of these organizations.”
Full press release and letter found here
BFC - Sister City Press Conferences Held Today. To: USEPA, Suspend Ohio Department of Natural Resources Oil and Gas Injection Well Program. Citizens have lost faith in agencies ability to protect our health.
March 18, 2013 (Columbus,
Youngstown, Athens, Stark Counties)- Today, Ohio citizens and citizens’ groups and state and national
organizations held sister city press conferences to request that the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), perform a full audit and
investigation of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Underground
Injection Control (UIC) program. Our request stems, in part, from the recent
state and federal investigations launched into the illegal dumping of liquid
oil and gas waste into a storm drain emptying into an unnamed tributary of the
Mahoning River in Youngstown, Ohio by Mr. Ben Lupo, his employees, and
associates.
Full letter to USEPA 3-14-13_citizens_uic_letter_us_epa
Athens Co. Press Release athens_march_18_rally_press_release
Youngstown Press Release 2013_m18_youngstown_press_release
Portage Co. Press Release press_release-portagesistercitiessuspendprimacyoverpermitting
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Thursday, 08 November 2012 |
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Green Groups Call on Wayne National Forest to Study Fracking Before Leasing
Eight Ohio and national environmental organizations submitted a position letter regarding high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (HVHHF), or “fracking,” in the Wayne National Forest to Forest Supervisor Anne Carey yesterday, June 4, 2012.
Read the Letter Here.
Read the Press Release Here.
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Monday, 01 October 2012 |
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Activist Arrested for Protesting Problem Injection Well
Buckeye Forest Council Fracking Coordinator, Teresa Mills, and board chair, Heather Cantino, address crowd gathered for Madeline ffitch's status hearing in Athens over felony charge of "inducing panic" for peaceful civil disobedience at injection well.
See videos here:
http://www.acfan.org/2012/madeline-induced-sanity-says-lawyer/
For further information: acfan.org/injection-wells/.
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Monday, 01 October 2012 |
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Buckeye
Forest Council & 50 Environmental, Health & Safety Groups call for
Shale Drilling Moratorium
COLUMBUS, OH – A consortium of dozens
of environmental and health and safety groups, representing tens of thousands
of members throughout Ohio, today presented a letter to each member of the Ohio
General Assembly asking that body to immediately issue a moratorium ordering
the Ohio Department of Natural resources (ODNR) to withhold approval of well
permits involving high volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing, exploration, or
extraction until such time as these drilling practices are demonstrated to be
safe for the environment and human health and are properly and effectively
regulated.
The recent New York
Times investigative report on hydraulic fracturing was only the latest expose
detailing the harms to human health and water quality in Marcellus shale- rich
Pennsylvania. The Times series described incidents such as flowback waste water
from Marcellus shale natural gas wells in Pennsylvania that contaminated sewage
treatment plants and sources of drinking water with radioactive elements; and
pollution of the Monongahela River from drilling in late 2008 that was so
serious that residents of Pittsburgh were advised not to drink their tap water.
While hydraulic
fracturing has been used to develop oil and gas for years in Ohio’s shallow
wells, the volume of water and of chemicals that must be used to extract oil
and gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations, is unprecedented, and
the horizontal wells extending thousands of feet in several directions compound
the risks.
"Ohio is clearly
not ready to deal with the relatively new high volume hydraulic fracturing
techniques that must be used in exploiting tight shale formations in the
state,” explained Cheryl Johncox, Executive Director of Buckeye Forest Council.
"We have only to look to our neighbor to the east, Pennsylvania, to see
what can happen when this new technology is used in an environment without
adequate government regulation.”
Read the letter sent to the Ohio
Legislature: deepshaledrilling
Read
the NY Times article
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