Watchdog Group to Expand into Ohio
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
According to Ohio.com, a Pennsylvania-based fracking watchdog agency is coming to Ohio.
The company, FracTracker Alliance, received a two-year $130,000 grant from the George Gund Foundation. FracTracker plans on hiring a full-time staffer who will be based in the Youngstown area.
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“We funded FracTracker because we felt there is a real lack of transparency and understanding about all the issues surrounding shale gas drilling,” said Caitlin Johnson, a Gund Foundation spokeswoman. “FracTracker is an unbiased source of information, data and analysis. A tool like this is sorely needed as the debate around hydraulic fracturing is all too often defined by ideology instead of facts.”
» Via: The Akron Beacon Journal Online › ‘Fracking watchdog group to expand into Ohio
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