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DonViejo

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Tue May 2, 2017, 02:53 PM May 2017

Conservationists sue to halt fracking in Ohio's only national forest

Source: Reuters



By Chris Kenning

Four conservation groups on Tuesday sued the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in an attempt to halt fracking plans in a portion of Ohio's only national forest.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, argues that the federal agencies failed to sufficiently analyze risks to watersheds, public health, climate and endangered species, including Indiana bats, before auctioning 670 acres (270 hectares) in December of the Wayne National Forest in Southeast Ohio for eventual hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of underground shale.

The groups are seeking an injunction to halt oil and gas leasing and development until a new assessment can be made. Fracking involves injecting water, sand and chemicals into wells to fracture shale and release natural gas and oil. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Babete Anderson declined to comment, citing pending litigation. Bureau of Land Management officials could not be reached immediately for comment.

The Ohio Oil and Gas Association declined to immediately comment on the suit, but argued in a recent post on its website that fracking does not harm groundwater and increased natural gas use across, driven partly by fracking, has helped reduce air pollution.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ohio-fracking-lawsuit-idUSKBN17Y25O

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Conservationists sue to halt fracking in Ohio's only national forest (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
And minor earthquakes are part of the legacy as well. Ilsa May 2017 #1
"Fracking does not harm groundwater." sakabatou May 2017 #2

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
1. And minor earthquakes are part of the legacy as well.
Tue May 2, 2017, 03:32 PM
May 2017

I hope the conservationists succeed. I wonder where Kasich is on this?

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