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Youngstown State University Hosting Speaker Series on Fracking Concerns - runs September though November 2014

9/2/2014

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Speakers Series Scheduled on Energy and the Environment, Fracking Concerns - first speaker will address recent Niles, Ohio earthquake whose epicenter was at newly operating fracking wastewater injection well.

A Youngstown State University professor has scheduled a fall speaker series on environmental concerns of hydraulic fracturing entitled "Fall Semester Speaker Series on Energy and the Environment.". Dr. Ray Beiersdorfer, geology and environmental sciences professor at YSU, will kick off the series at 7 p.m. Wednesday September 3, 2014 with a talk about local earthquakes related to hydraulic fracturing. He will discuss the recent earthquake near the Niles, Ohio injection well, as well as information he has obtained about the earthquakes last March near a Poland, Ohio gas well.

Organized by Beiersdorfer, Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, the emphasis will be on Scientific, Public Health and Policy Research surrounding shale gas development and renewable energy. The majority of the lectures will be via video conferencing technology but there will be three live lectures.  “This series is an outgrowth of the successful video lectures I organized last spring by Dr. Tony Ingraffea of Cornell and Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford,” says Dr. Beiersdorfer. “The talks will focus on peer-reviewed research, the only real exception to that will be when Thomas Linzey, the founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund speaks about the community rights movement.” “This will be an exciting lecture,” he adds, “the whole community rights versus corporate rights issue is what Ralph Nader refers to in his left-right coalition.”

“There is a narrative to the series, so I hope people will be able to attend the whole thing. The September Speakers will be looking at scientific and public health research related to shale gas. The focus for October will be on policy, with two political scientists and two attorneys speaking. In November we move to renewable energy with solar and wind. YSU has a solar electricity expert on the faculty in Chemistry, Dr. Clovis Linkous. I’m excited to hear what he has to say.”

Ohio is well represented in the lectures as we have faculty from Ohio State, Cincinnati, Youngstown State and Bowling Green speaking. “I’m sure many students will attend the lectures and I hope members of the community will plan on attending.” “It’s free and open to the public. With a 7 p.m. start time there should be ample free-parking at the on-street metered-parking spaces along Lincoln Ave and adjacent streets.”

The speaker series will start with YSU Professor of Geology Dr. Ray Beiersdorfer sharing information about the recent earthquake 300 feet away from the Niles/Weathersfield injection wells. In addition, he will share information he obtained through a Public Records request about the swarm of earthquakes that occurred in Poland Township in March of this year related to fracking underneath the Carbon-Limestone Landfill.

All talks will be held in Moser 2000 on the YSU campus at 7 p.m. They are free and open to the public.
FULL SCHEDULE and DETAILS HERE: http://www.ysunews.com/10836/
For more information, contact Beiersdorfer at ray@cc.ysu.edu.
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Sept.10, “Biodegradation of Organic Additives in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids,” Paula Mouser, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University.

Sept. 17, “Shale Gas Wastes from the Marcellus and Utica Shales: What are they & how are they managed in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia?”, Julie Weatherington-Rice, PhD, Bennett & Williams Environmental Consultants Inc., and adjunct assistant professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University.

Sept. 24, “Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in Rural Colorado,” Lisa McKenzie, PhD, MPH research associate, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver.

Oct. 1, “Site Fights: Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West,” Daniel P. Aldrich, PhD, associate professor, University Faculty Scholar, Director of Asian Studies, Purdue University. EVENT page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/794071763990772/

Oct. 8, “A Community Revolution: Elevating the Rights of People and Communities Over Corporations,” Thomas Linzey, Esq, executive director, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

Oct. 15, “Legal Issues Surrounding Shale Gas Development,” James O’Reilly, Esq., volunteer professor, College of Law, University of Cincinnati.

Oct. 22, “Unconventional Politics of Unconventional Gas: Policy Challenges,” Andrew Kear, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, Department of the Environment and Sustainability, Bowling Green State University.

Oct. 29, “Public Health Impacts of Shale Gas Development: The Role of Nurses,” Katie Huffling, RN, MS, CNM, director of Programs Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments.

Nov. 5, “Solar Photovoltaic Technology,” Clovis Linkous, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry, YSU.

Nov. 12, “Wind Power,” Walt Musial, principal engineer, National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.


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PUBLIC TOWN HALL Fri, Feb. 28th 7-9 PM UUYO (First Unitarian Universalist Church) 1105 Elm St, Youngstown, OH 44505

2/14/2014

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Youngstown, Ohio Public TownHall Feb 28 7-9pm
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Multi-State PUBLIC TOWN HALL
Fri, Feb. 28th 7-9 PM
UUYO (First Unitarian Universalist Church)
1105 Elm St, Youngstown, OH 44505

Brief videos & presentations followed by 1 full hour of open discussions.
Know & exercise your rights concerning:

injection wells
man-made earthquakes
toxic fracking open waste impoundments
AND what a Community Bill of Rights means for Youngstown & the Mahoning Valley


LET'S FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION

CONTACT: 234-201-0402
frackfreemahoning@gmail.com
www.protectyoungstown.org
https://www.facebook.com/ProtectMahoningValley

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Public Ejected From Injection Well Non-Hearing At Athens, Ohio, ODNR Open House

11/29/2012

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photo credit: Appalachia Resist! and Athens County Fracking Action Network
Contacts: ACFAN,  AR!: 740 591 2693


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 28, 2012.
To: News Media
From: Appalachia Resist! and Athens County Fracking Action Network
Contacts: ACFAN,  AR!:  740 591 2693
Re: ODNR INVITES PUBLIC IN, THEN KICKS THEM OUT


ORIGINAL POSTED HERE: http://www.acfan.org/2012/odnr-invites-the-public-in-kicks-them-out/ Includes more images.
Tonight, soon after the ODNR invited the public into an "open house" about  injection wells , they thought better of it and ordered the public to leave.

Though over 100 community members requested a public hearing about a newly permitted well, the ODNR had instead opted for an “open house” format, designed to diffuse agency accountability and community solidarity. The event was held 6 PM Wednesday night at the ODNR headquarters on East State Street.

More than fifty residents were crowded inside the ODNR headquarters on East State Street, when they took matters into their own hands and transformed the ODNR'S planned "open house" into the public hearing they had requested.  The crowd was made up of concerned landowners, farmers, business owners, and mothers with young children.  Ex-county commissioner Roxanne Groff hosted the impromptu event.  She began by acknowledging Rick Simmers, Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resource Management, and moved on to take prepared public comments from the assembled crowd.  ODNR personnel were visibly at a loss.  Law enforcement quickly interrupted Groff, asking her to leave, at which point Groff asked the public if they would like her to continue.  The room broke into enthusiastic applause.  After law enforcement again ordered residents to leave, the crowd broke into a “mic check", chanting as they left the building "The ODNR has been bought by the oil and gas industry!" "No new permits!" "When is the public hearing?"  When the public left, the room was nearly empty, except for ODNR personnel and the large law enforcement presence they had invited.

After the public was ordered out, they were met outside by over 100 Athens County residents who had marched down east State Street to ODNR headquarters to voice their objection to the ODNR’s continuing disregard of the widespread community concern about Class II injection wells.

The marchers carried placards emblazoned with skulls and held a banner that read "Shut it Down! No New Wells!" and signs with slogans such as “Our Safety is Not for Sale”, "Defend Our Water", "We Demand a Public a Hearing", and "I Want my Concerns on Record" ".  Marchers wore hazmat style suits and respirators to draw attention to the fact that Class II injection wells accept massive amounts of radioactive fracking waste from out-of-state.

Community objection to injection wells has been increasing lately, as landowners have realized that they do not have any say if an injection well goes into operation on or near their property.  Ms. Malvena Frost, who owns the property on which the Atha injection well is proposed in Rome Township, Athens County, does not want an injection well on her land.  She “fears her only source of drinking water, a private well...will be contaminated," according to public comments submitted on her behalf to ODNR by her attorney, Mike Hollingsworth.

SB315, cited by some as a law that will increase regulations on injection wells, actually makes it easier for ODNR to bypass public notice period for new wells, and makes it more difficult for landowners to appeal permits.

A public hearing, the ODNR’s standard system for public redress, allows citizen comments to be entered into the legal record, so that citizens can challenge an agency decision through the court system. An “open house” offers no such substantial participation in public process.

Underscoring how opposed they were to receiving public input, ODNR designated an outdoor, “free speech zone” for the ralliers, and forbade the public from bringing in signs, banners, backpacks, or audio or videocameras.  One citizen was ordered to leave after recording officials' comments.  Ralliers brought their own solar-powered sound system, stage, and roster of speakers. "We will challenge these intolerable restrictions on our constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly," said Smiles Welch, the emcee of the event.

Speakers at the event raised many objections to injection wells, including a history of failed wells and water contamination.  The ODNR claims that there have been no cases of water contamination by Class II injection wells in Ohio for decades, yet they do no testing of groundwater or surface water near the wells.  "The reason they have not found contamination is that they have never looked for it," stated Grace Hall, one of the 100 who sent in objections.

Although the fracking waste that is dumped into injection wells is hazardous, it is not legally classified as such due to exemptions given to the oil and gas industry.

Nov 28, 2012, 2 minute video by Don E Wirtshafter. " The Ohio Department of Natural Resources tried to abridge citizen rights to a hearing before granting a permit for a new toxic waste injection well in their community. Instead, they hosted a "public meeting", a dog a pony show that had no legal impact. This is the community's reaction."
LINK to original if player does not load: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZEnMzjK69-k

Appalachia Resist! and Athens County Fracking Action Network
photo from: Appalachia Resist! and Athens County Fracking Action Network
Contacts: ACFAN,  AR!: 740 591 2693

Other media coverage:

The Columbus Dispatch, November 29, 2012. Columbus, Ohio.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/11/29/fracking-dispute-gets-hotter.html

NBC4i.com, November 29, 2012. Columbus, Ohio.
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/nov/29/landowner-does-not-want-pending-injection-well-her-ar-1257615/

The Athens News, November 28, 2012. Athens, Ohio.
http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-38515-odnr-shuts-down-attempt-at-impromptu-public-hearing-on-injection-well.html?utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TheAthenseNEWS%3ATOPNEWS+11%2F29%2F12

2 Previous Protests, June 26, August 15, October 3, 2012:
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