<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">George and other Greens,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">While preparing to send a message to the new local news source, Marietta Daily Patch, I was attempting to provide some information on the Red Bird leak and the Mile Run spill. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I happened upon this, published just a few days ago in the <i class="">Marcellus Drilling News</i>: <a href="https://marcellusdrilling.com/2021/08/leaking-ohio-injection-well-not-contaminating-nearby-water-wells/" class="">https://marcellusdrilling.com/2021/08/leaking-ohio-injection-well-not-contaminating-nearby-water-wells/</a> (about the Red Bird leak in Washington County). Note this quote: <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);" class="">While the state agency has said it’s “unlikely that wastewater will migrate farther — including into underground sources of drinking water due to the composition of the rock layers and other factors,” <u class="">an expert says it’s possible</u>.</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);" class="">This is based on the July 2021 update on the Red Bird leak from ODNR</span>: <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-odnr/oil-gas/oil-gas-resources/washington-county-investigation" class="">https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-odnr/oil-gas/oil-gas-resources/washington-county-investigation</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The <i class="">Columbus Dispatch</i> also picked up on that ODNR report, and published the story on August 10: <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/08/10/ohio-oil-and-gas-waste-migrated-but-drinking-water-safe-state-says/5498911001/" class="">https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/08/10/ohio-oil-and-gas-waste-migrated-but-drinking-water-safe-state-says/5498911001/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And also, I don’t know how I missed this LOCAL story, published in <i class="">Rolling Stone </i>in January 2020, but HOLY CRAP. Maybe you read it back then, but maybe I was traveling at the time or something. Holy crap: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/" class="">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/</a> Read it and weep. Not kidding. At the time, even the <i class="">Marietta Times</i> picked up the story that <i class="">Rolling Stone </i>had published a story that prominently features local injection wells. They still don’t cover local injection well leaks and spills, but when a big-name magazine covers local injection well leaks and spills, <i class="">Marietta Times</i> covers the coverage. Go figure. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FYI.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">—dawn</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>