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Granville School board stops pursuit of oil, gas drilling

December 17, 2009

Deeds posed the question, "What's a large enough amount to offset the liability?" "If anything did go wrong, the litigation exposure is enormous," Kralovec said, envisioning a "very expensive and costly" lawsuits. "I am not in favor of drilling," Jardell agreed. "I don't think that any benefit we receive will outweigh the potential harm to the kids, the community and the neighbors."
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20091215/NEWS01/912150311

 

City Planner urged council to approve gas well before health & safety protections are improved in 2010

December 10, 2009


http://blog.cleveland.com/sunpress/2009/12/beachwood_oks_gas_well_on_city.html


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Unholy alliance for drilling

December 3, 2009
If you believe that a gas or oil well could not go in your residential neighborhood, you think the way we did a few months ago. Around Ohio, gas wells are being drilled close to houses, schools and churches, among other places.

http://www.ohio.com/editorial/vop/73288962.html

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New Ohio Gas Pipeline Leaks

November 21, 2009

Nervous neighbors question REX response in pipeline leak
Portion of pipeline shut down

By BRIAN GADD• Staff Writer • November 16, 2009 
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20091116/UPDATES01/91116011
 


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Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller Over Polluted Wells

November 21, 2009

DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) -- Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

Like her neighbors in this rural community 15 miles south of the New York border, Farnelli signed a lease with a major natural gas driller to explore a potentially lucrative formation beneath her land. Now Farnelli and others are plaintiffs in a laws...


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