Advocates Sue to Halt Oil & Gas Leasing in Ohio State Parks and Public Lands
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Local groups are appealing the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission’s approval of nominations to lease Ohio’s largest state park and two wildlife areas for oil and gas development.
Commission sells out parks and wildlife areas despite public outcry
Last Wednesday, despite vociferous public protest, the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission voted to approve nominations to lease Salt Fork... Read More
Tell Mike DeWine: No fracking in our Ohio state parks or wildlife areas
The final meeting this year for the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission is less than a week away on November... Read More
Salt Fork town hall to focus on fracking, climate change and protecting environment
A free Town Hall to educate Ohioans about wild birds, energy production in Ohio, fracking and climate change will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Salt Fork State Park lodge in Lore City, Ohio.
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.
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.