Grassroots organization planning march and rally on Feb. 11, Town Meeting on Feb. 17.
The anti-fracking movement is coming to Kent, a municipality not currently home to any controversial hydraulic fracturing wells. But there’s nothing stopping anyone from establishing them within city limits. That’s why Shalersville resident Mary Greer, representing one of several anti-fracking groups now operating in Portage County, is trying to raise awareness through a march, rally and town meeting in February. A “March Against Fracking” will start at 11 a.m. Feb. 11 at The Kent Stage. Attendees, led by musicians, will march to the rock at Kent State University’s historic front campus, then back to The Kent Stage. A rally will be held either inside the theater or at Hometown Plaza, weather-depending. The speakers will be Dr. Ted Voneida…
Local energy company wants to be included in discussion about oil and gas well drilling
Kent environmentalists probably weren't too pleased — or too surprised — to hear that new Ohio Gov. John Kasich supports fracking. Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, involves injecting millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep underground to release natural gas that's locked away in tight spaces. Gov. Kasich has called fracking a "Godsend" for Ohio, because he said it will be a source of revenue and jobs. But the Kent Environmental Council is among those who disagree. It's not that the KEC is against all drilling. At a recent meeting, KEC member Edith Chase said, "it will increase the supply of natural gas, which can be used as a transitional fuel. There are risks and benefits of additional natrual gas production." …
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Nawar Alsaadi
12:19 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The solution for fraccing pollution is waterless fraccing; Gasfrac has done over a 1000 fracs with gelled propane; you don’t need any water; you don’t produce any waste fluids (no need for injection wells); no need to flare (no CO2 emissions); truck traffic is cut to a trickle from 900+ trips per well for water fraccing to 30 with propane fracs; and on top of that the process increases oil and … more ›