[Green] Kudos to George for his presentation before gas & oil tonight

[Joe Baker]

Hi George,
I am so glad to hear that you are in communication with Bob Lane. He is the
owner of Bob Lane Welding, the company that is reconditioning our
wheelchair lift. Both he and his company have a very strong reputation. I
think he has been a member of the Southeast Ohio Oil & Gas Association,
perhaps as a board member at one time. I'm not sure of his affiliation with
them currently, but he has a lot of connections with local oil & gas
producers. From what I know of him, he is a very sincere person and will
work very hard to achieve whatever goal is in front of him.
Joe

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 9:06 PM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Dawn,
>
>     thanks for your kind and thoughtful message.
>
>     Yes, Bob Lane told me on Monday that these (small-time) producers are
> sincerely interested in the safety of our drinking water--this is their
> paramount concern. We have common ground with these people despite our
> other political differences (did yo see the Trump bumper stickers in the
> parking lot?).
>
>     I am meeting with the county commissioners this Thursday morning about
> ReImagine Appalachia. Two of them, Ritter and Schilling, were there this
> evening. I'll see if they have any follow-up comments. By all means send
> them comments and urge them to engage the legislators, especially Jay
> Edwards in this cause.
>
> ---- Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> > Thank you, George, for your well-prepared report on injection wells in
> Washington County, and lack of accountability and transparency at the Ohio
> Department of Natural Resources. I think your comments made
> environmentalists and gas & oil industry people realize that we are on the
> same side when it comes to endorsing a moratorium on fracking waste in old
> production wells here. Those oil and gas guys who are mostly concerned
> about losing money as their wells become contaminated  also see that if
> brine is seeping to the surface, it’s passing through the aquifer. The oil
> and gas guy sitting next to me said, “I can’t pass contaminated drinking
> water on to my great-grandson.”  He said he’s enjoyed making money on
> petroleum, but clean water is more important!! (Whoa!!)
>
> Green friends, now would be a great time to email our county commissioners
> and encourage them to protect our grandchildren’s drinking water by
> refusing fracking waste—especially out-of-state brine—from being stored in
> wells not designed for that purpose. Our commissioners should also insist
> that ODNR staff do their job —regularly—in inspecting injection wells, and
> report any problems to the local community. Responsible parties must be
> responsible.
>
> Brine is migrating, and it’s freaking out the gas and oil profiteers.
>
> What a fascinating, disturbing, encouraging meeting!
>
> —dawn
>
>
>
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