YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – State Rep. Robert F. Hagan, D-60, is calling on Ohioans to sign an online petition urging action on fracklng legislation that that has been proposed in the state legislature.
The petition already is nearly three-fourths to its 200-signature goal, with 144 signatures as of 6 a.m. Hagan’s petition points out that five bills related to a moratorium on or regulation of fracking have been proposed in Ohio but there have been no hearings.
Addressed to the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio Senate and Gov. John Kasich, the petition calls for “immediate” hearings relative to fracking in Ohio.
Fracking is a process employing a mixture of water, sand and various chemicals injected into the ground used to extract natural gas.
The petition is available at this site.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.