Eastern Ohio must fight to preserve natural resources, stop Salt Fork fracking
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You don’t have to believe in climate change or anti-frack science to oppose the plans to frack Salt Fork. This is about more than the environment. This is about eastern Ohio standing its ground and protecting its precious resources.
Letter to the editor: We can’t trust oil and gas to police itself
The Ohio legislature at the end of December 2022 signed a law that allowed fracking underneath state lands. Currently there are several nominations up for fracking around Salt Fork State Park.
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."
Salt Fork State Park, Zepernick Wildlife Area, and Valley Run Wildlife Area in Ohio on list to be fracked
As of May 30th, oil and gas companies can “nominate” land parcels within citizen-owned state parks and forests to obtain fracking leases. Parcel leases need approval from the four-member Oil and Gas Land Management Commission, a group which lacks any scientific expertise.
Save Ohio Parks and allies rally to fight against fracking at Salt Fork State Park
About 65 people from Save Ohio Parks, Ohio Environmental Council, Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action, Third Act Ohio, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Leave No Child Inside, and Ohio Sierra Club picnicked and rallied against fracking on Ohio public lands.
Reader says don’t frack Ohio’s parks
Thousands of peer-reviewed studies show fracking activities cause water and air pollution, release climate-changing methane gases, increase dangerous traffic accidents, require millions of gallons of fresh water, create millions of gallons of toxic-produced water, and contribute to a plethora of human illnesses including endocrine disruption and cancer.
State parks, wildlife areas on fracking list
Ohio’s politicians have ignored the scientific studies and have welcomed the oil and gas industry. Now, in an effort to generate money for the state, our precious forests and streams will become the next target of an industry that is the main contributor to climate change.