Mode of Program Participation
Community Organizing and Educational Programming
Participation Type
Roundtable
Session Title
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Session Abstract or Summary
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
Presentation #1 Title
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Loraine McCosker has been engaged in environmental protections advocacy since coming to Appalachia in 2003. She teaches and advises in the Environmental Studies program at Ohio University and currently coordinates the Common Experience Project on Sustainability, aimed at student sustainability education.
Loraine has been active with the Sierra Club at the local and state level and worked on forest protections as well as fossil fuel extraction and waste opposition. She is devoted to protections of the natural world.
Presentation #2 Title
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Presentation #2 Abstract or Summary
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #2
Felicia Mettler Felicia is a lifelong resident of Athens county and chose to raise her family there. Since learning of injection wells and frack waste in June of 2015, Felicia has been determined to educate the community and others on these highly toxic, explosive, hazardous facilities. She is now chair and spokesperson of a grassroots organization Torch CAN DO which she helped form over the past year. Felicia recently became a board member of Buckeye Forest Council.
Presentation #3 Title
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Presentation #3 Abstract or Summary
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #3
Teresa Mills is organizer and program director for the Buckeye Forest Council Clean Water campaign and and Ohio Field Director for Center for Health and Environmental Justice, in Ohio and across the nation backing up Lois Gibbs and CHEJ’s Training Academy. Teresa works every day to help protect children and innocent communities from toxic chemicals in their environment. Her work consists of making the government authorities take their responsibilities seriously and protect public health and the environment.
As a high school graduate with limited formal education on laws, science and health, Teresa says she learned from the seat of her pants how to read and interrupt information to assist communities across Ohio who are faced with environmental health related threats and risks. She is proud of her degree in common sense.
Presentation #4 Title
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Presentation #4 Abstract or Summary
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #4
Roxanne Groff After graduating from Ohio University in 1972, Roxanne decided to make Athens County her home. In 1978 she became a founding member of Save Our Rural Environment (S.O.R.E.), a grassroots group protesting the permitting of strip mines in eastern Athens County. Her interest in state law and in the lack of implementation of rules by regulatory agencies led her to run for public office, first for Township Trustee, then for the County Commissioner, a position she then held for 12 years. Believing that people must have a voice in decisions made about protecting our environment, Roxanne has participated in many campaigns to raise communities’ awareness to challenge abuses by industry that affect the health and wellbeing of citizens. Most recently, Roxanne has been working with Athens County Fracking Action Network (ACFAN) to oppose permitting toxic radioactive injection wells in Ohio and the sale of mineral parcels on public lands, especially Ohio’s Wayne National Forest.
Presentation #5 Title
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Presentation #5 Abstract or Summary
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #5
Heather Cantino - Since coming to southeast Ohio in 1981, Heather has been doing public education, campaign development, fundraising, and lobbying on a variety of environmental and social justice issues at the local, state, and national levels. Most recently she has been focused on organizing against fracking and injection wells with Athens County Fracking Action Network (acfan.org), whose website she maintains. She has served on the Buckeye Forest Council board since 2003 and is a past Board Chair. Heather has a strong interest in grassroots organizing and researching and exposing the science generally neglected or misused by our state and federal agencies in control of public forests, fossil fuel production and toxic waste disposal.
We don’t want your waste! Injecting Oil and Gas waste into Appalachia Ohio, opposition strategies and tales from community members.
Horizontal shale drilling, “fracking,” has transformed the oil and gas industry in Ohio and nationally in the last five years. The amount of oil and gas production waste generated by horizontal fracked wells has created a demand for disposal. Ohio has become a recipient of this national waste.
To meet this disposal volume, the number of Class II injection wells permitted in Ohio has grown from 144 to over 240 the past five years. The quantity of wastewater disposed in Ohio injection wells has increased from 12,597,110 barrels in 2011 to 31,414,893 barrels in 2015. This is a five year total of 94,599,657 barrels.
This influx of oil and gas waste into Appalachian counties is a violation of Executive Order 12898 which defined Environmental Justice.
The Buckeye Forest Council has led oversight at the state level while Athens County Fracking Action Network has initiated legal suit opposing the permitting of an injection well. The courts upheld the permitting. Community members have lead creative opposition in the form of public hearings, education, and civil disobedience.
Athens County Fracking Action Network and Buckeye Forest council will lead a roundtable, leading to greater understanding of the threats of Injection well waste as well as strategies for oversight and opposition.
