Scientists come up with proof of the fracking causing the

[truedelphi]

Earthquakes in Ohio.

i read about it over at Daily Kos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/09/1072865/-Confirmed-Fracking-Caused-Ohio-Earthquakes

What good it will do I don't know. The state of Ohio has very strict and decent laws to protect the environment. And although normally those regulations would impede the fracking now that the science is clear, the 2005 Energy Act that Dick Cheney has "bestowed" upon the American people might force those regulations to be pushed aside.

[Ezlivin]

1. Science? Oh, that can be ignored...

There's people to be saved from an angry invisible being!

Note: I suspect that regardless of how sensational the scientific reports are, the drilling will continue unabated. And I wish I was wrong.

[truedelphi]

3. Sadly, I think you are right.

It would be different if people of the Political Class could be elected and stop these types of events from happening. But Obama has made it clear he loves the "Clean Energy" of natural gas.

Neither he or our Secretary of State wanted to stop the XL Pipeline for instance. It took tens of thousands of people writing petitions and marching around the WH to even get a response, and now that so many Republcians are in office, it will probably go through in short order.

[Dead_Parrot]

5. Aww, c'mon, who are the politicians going to believe...

...A bunch of scientists, or a wheelbarrow full of Franklins?

[GopperStopper2680]

2. Anything to turn a buck

It's quite clear that the rich do not care about the Earth or the other people living on it. They don't care if we have hydrolic fluid in our water. They don't care if we have dangerous faults under our feets. What'll happen when the chemicals leeching into the water supply causes widespread cancer and autoimmune disease I couldn't hazard a guess. Perhaps it'll get so bad it'll cause widespread rioting before it's changed.

The Golden Rule: The man with all the Gold, makes all the Rules.

[truedelphi]

4. Here is the URl for the original report in PDF format:

http://ohiodnr.com/downloads/northstar/UICReport.pdf