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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOhio stiffens regulations after concluding that fracking caused earthquakes
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/09/ohio-stiffens-regulations-after-concluding-that-fracking-caused-earthquakes/Ohio state regulators announced tough new regulations on Friday after concluding that the injection of wastewater underground as part of the controversial gas-drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking had almost certainly caused a dozen earthquakes near one well.
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Hope PA takes notice.
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Ohio stiffens regulations after concluding that fracking caused earthquakes (Original Post)
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
OP
I don't see it lasting with the Gov. Corbett and the Repugs (Teabaggers) we have running the state.
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
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woodsprite
(11,923 posts)1. Didn't PA just try to get something passed
That gutted any research that would have been done
regarding fracking and effects of it.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)2. I don't see it lasting with the Gov. Corbett and the Repugs (Teabaggers) we have running the state.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. Agreed. Corbett is bought and paid for.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)3. North Carolina needs to take notice, too.
Republicans are in charge and it's gotten really ugly. Teabaggers were defeated in the contentious Wake County school board race; now we're battling fracking and the same-sex marriage amendment (among other things...).
Vote NO to Amendment One on May 8th!:
http://gay.americablog.com/2012/03/momentum-in-north-carolina-to-defeat.html