Outgoing Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) allowed fracking into the state under regulation. The incoming Governor Larry Hogan (R) wants to dispense with regulation and allow laissez faire extraction. Forty-eight legislators are saying no to fracking Maryland without mercy. They introduced a bill to enact a long-term moratorium on the extraction technique that pollutes the environment and causes earth tremors. New York is already in the process of issuing ban on fracking within the state. Illinois has given the go-ahead to fracking the southern part of the state, but the drop in oil prices has not contributed to the anticipated boom in fracking operations The bill's proponents want more study of the unintended consquences of hydralic fracturing to recover shale gas and oil. A statewide group of healthcare professoinals issued a letter backing a moratorium citing the scientific literature of 400+ studies that suggest the enhanced recovery technique poses threats to human, animal and ecosystem health. Two western Maryland counties sit atop the Marcellus and Utica shale formation [map].
Monday, February 09, 2015
Maryland Ready to Dump Fracking?
Outgoing Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) allowed fracking into the state under regulation. The incoming Governor Larry Hogan (R) wants to dispense with regulation and allow laissez faire extraction. Forty-eight legislators are saying no to fracking Maryland without mercy. They introduced a bill to enact a long-term moratorium on the extraction technique that pollutes the environment and causes earth tremors. New York is already in the process of issuing ban on fracking within the state. Illinois has given the go-ahead to fracking the southern part of the state, but the drop in oil prices has not contributed to the anticipated boom in fracking operations The bill's proponents want more study of the unintended consquences of hydralic fracturing to recover shale gas and oil. A statewide group of healthcare professoinals issued a letter backing a moratorium citing the scientific literature of 400+ studies that suggest the enhanced recovery technique poses threats to human, animal and ecosystem health. Two western Maryland counties sit atop the Marcellus and Utica shale formation [map].