Ohio oil and gas industry accident data boost worries about drilling under state parks
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Spreadsheets show more than 800 releases of gas, oil, brine or other materials from industry activities onto the ground or into the air and water since 2018 began.
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Two Eastern Ohio oil and gas accidents highlight hazards of fracking state parks, wildlife areas
"Once again the oil and gas industry proves it cannot operate without accidents that endanger the public and our environment,” said Randi Pokladnik, Ph.D., an ecologist, research chemist and volunteer with Save Ohio Parks. “Yet Ohio's politicians think this industry can be trusted to frack our precious state parks."