OH ANTI-FRACKING BILL 

TWO OHIO DEMOCRATIC STATE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO BAN FRACKING IN STATE PARKS INCLUDING LAKE ERIE. 
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES CHRISTINE COCKLEY OF COLUMBUS AND TRISTAN RADER (RAY-DER) OF LAKEWOOD, WEST OF CLEVELAND HAVE INTRODUCED HOUSE BILL 399. THE LEGISLATION WOULD PREVENT EXTRACTING OIL AND NATURAL GAS FROM OHIO’S 76 PARKS AND LAKE ERIE USING DRILLING AND A PROCESS KNOWN AS FRACKING. FRACKING HAS BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY FOR YEARS FOR SUSPECTED RESULTING SEISMIC ACTIVITY, AIR POLLUTION AND WATER CONTAMINATION. THE PROCESS IS ALREADY IN USE IN OHIO'S PARKS. THE LEGISLATION IS CONTRARY TO THE AGENDA OF THE MAJORITY.