Residents Blockade Injection Well One Week After 1,000 Gallon Fracking Waste Spill
Concerned residents blocked access to an injection well in Trumbull County this morning, protesting the failure
of Ohio regulators to adequately test and monitor dumping of toxic
fracking waste. At least one protestor has been arrested and at least
two others have been detained.
Trumbull County residents, along with supporters from Frack Free Mahoning and
Ohio Fracktion, are gathering at the well site on Sodom Hutchings Road
in Vienna Township, to express concerns about the contents of the 1,000 gallons of fracking wastewater that spilled along five miles of road in Fowler Township, a nearby residential area on July 7.They
are demanding that Ohio’s Division of Natural Resources (ODNR) begin
systematically testing out-of-state frack waste that is injected into
over 170 wells throughout Ohio. One supporter has locked himself to the
gate to prevent all trucks carrying fracking waste from entering the site.Read more: http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/residents-blockade-injection-well-one-week-after-1000-gallon-fracking-waste-spill/
