From: EcoWatch
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A coalition of local, statewide and national groups concerned about toxic waste from fracking,
gathered yesterday at the Ohio statehouse for “Don’t Waste Ohio”
Legislator Accountability Day. The coalition called for an end to Ohio
being used as a regional dumping ground for oil and gas waste.
Participants attending the accountability day met with their legislators
in the morning and attended a rally in the afternoon advocating for the
passage of legislation in both the House and Senate that would ban
fracking wastewater injection wells.
In 2012, the City of Cincinnati banned facking wastewater injection wells
within city limits. Following the unanimous vote on the ordinance,
residents called on State Rep. Denise Driehaus (D-Cincinnati) to take
action on the state level. Along with fellow co-sponsor Rep. Robert
Hagan (D-Youngstown), Rep. Driehaus introduced House Bill 148,
which would enact a statewide ban on the underground injection of
fracking waste. Sen. Michael Skindell (D-Lakewood) followed suit by
introducing the same legislation in the Senate.
“It’s like we have a sign on our backs here in Ohio for the industry
saying ‘Dump your waste here,’” said Alison Auciello, an organizer with Food & Water Watch.
“We don’t know what is in the waste or how radioactive it really is,
and the leaders in the state legislature haven’t even allowed the
legislation to be open for testimony from the public. We need to protect
Ohio communities, not risk them for cheap, easy disposal of the oil and
gas industry’s dirty leftovers.”
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