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What is Hydraulic Fracking?

The rush to unconventional gas drilling poses risks to Ohio's communities and natural resources.

Relatively new drilling technology -- high-volume, deep-shale horizontal hydraulic fracturing -- now makes it possible to reach natural gas reserves that underlie much of the state of Ohio.

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Commonly referred to as "horizontal hydrofracking" or just "fracking," deep-shale natural gas drilling uses high-pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicals to release the trapped gas.

The environmental and health impacts from high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing in other states are shocking and well documented, with a significant number of spills, blowouts, leaking wells, and other accidents and releases of contaminants.

Take Action!

Sign on to the OEC's letter to the Ohio General Assembly asking for a moratorium on fracking.

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EVENT: Fracking forum on March 20

Join the League of Women Voters - Columbus Chapter for "Fracking: What Every Citizen Should Know." Speakers will include:

  • The OEC's Deputy Directo, Jack Shaner
  • Linda Woggon, Executive Vice President, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
  • Rhonda Reda, Executive Director of the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program
  • Thomas Tugend, Deputy Chief, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management
Tuesday, March 20
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Auditorium
96 South Grant Avenue Columbus, OH 43215

Visit their website for more information.


Learn More & Latest News

  • OEC's Fracking Fact Sheet


  • Press Release: Gov. Kasich unveils his 21st Century Energy Policy including deep-shale drilling
  • News story: "Waste-water injection well caused 12 earthquakes in Ohio, investigation shows"
  • Watch: Jack Shaner discusses fracking with a representative from the oil and gas industry
  • Press release: Ohio EPA finalizes air permits for deep-shale gas drilling: the good, the bad, and the missing
  • Listen to the OEC's Jack Shaner discuss fracking with Attorney General DeWine and others
  • Read the OEC's testimony before Youngstown City Council about oil & gas wastewater disposal and recent earthquake
  • View photos from press conference about fracking near the Grand River
  • Press Release: Deep-shale 'fracking' comes to Ohio's pristine Grand River watershed
  • Read the OEC's comments to ODNR's Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management about the draft rules oil and gas well construction

  • Learn the Hard Lessons of Coal Pollution (US News & World Report)
  • Disclosure of 'fracking' chemicals not complete (Columbus Dispatch)
  • Ohio moves ahead with shale exploration while other states take a break (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • Debate over fracking continues (Ohio News Network) VIDEO
  • Sen. Skindell proposes a moratorium on deep shale horizontal hydraulic fracturing
  • Study links flammable drinking water to fracking
  • Municipalities seek ways to limit drilling (Canton Rep)
  • Sandra Steingraber speech in Albany, NY, to ban hydrofracking (video)
  • Fracking in Pennsylvania (blog)
  • Video of what a homeowner now faces every day since construction of a 'fracking' well has begun nearby (link to YouTube).
  • Akron Beacon Journal Op-Ed

BELOW: Presentation by Joe Logan of the OEC about fracking and its environmental risks. (courtesty of Ohio Farmers Union)


Questions?

Contact Trent Dougherty, Ohio Environmental Council, (614) 487-7506.




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