Ohio man sued for billboard messages aimed at fracking waste disposal company
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
A Coshocton County man decided to get the word out on his opinions of injection wells, and now he faces a lawsuit.
American Statesman reports that the man’s billboards are aimed at Buckeye Brine, which operates out of Texas, though none of the billboards mention the company’s name. One billboard names the site supervisor of the wells, though.
The billboards all convey the same message: injection wells are bad and ground water is being contaminated and destroyed. Buckeye Brine is asking that the man doesn’t make future false statements about the business, and has also asked the billboard owners to remove the ads.
Via: American Statesman > Austin fracking disposal firm calls Ohio billboards defamatory
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.