Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine greenlights fracking on state lands
Environmentalists in Ohio say they're concerned oil and gas operations planned on state lands could harm the health and property of citizens living nearby.
Former U.S. Department of Energy scientist Yuri Gorby explained that oil and gas wells drilled into the Marcellus and Utica shale dredge-up radium, uranium, and potassium deposits, along with all of the chemicals used in the fracking process."That the whole process is releasing this material," said Gorby,"and the potential, not just the potential but the reality, is those chemicals and radioactive elements are getting into surface and ground waters and being spread around.
In a press statement, Gov. DeWine said he believes the new law does not fundamentally change the criteria and processes established by the Ohio General Assembly in 2011, that created the policy of leasing mineral rights under state parks and lands. "People in these areas that visit the state parks that enjoy nature," said Gorby,"they really need to know that the information that we are being given by our political leaders and the industry itself, is painting this as 'oh, when this is an operation, you won't even notice this well pad there.' And that is not true."
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