Ohio suspends well operations after series of small quakes

[babsbunny]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45847245/ns/us_news-environment/#.TwH0OHrphng

CLEVELAND — Ohio has suspended operations at five deep-well hazardous fluid disposal sites after a series of 11 earthquakes in the Youngstown, Ohio, in the past year, including one on Saturday with a magnitude of 4.0, officials said.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said Sunday it was halting operations at five Mahoning County wells owned by Northstar Disposal Services LLC as a precaution, citing concerns of a possible link between well activity and the quakes.

"We are being overly cautious in order to ensure public safety in asking the company to halt disposal injections at one site on Friday and then asking for a halt to any injections in a 5-mile radius Saturday," Ohio Department of Natural Resources deputy director Andy Ware said.

[PA Democrat]

1. "Overly cautious" probably means they know damn well that there is direct

causation. Ohio's Gov. Kasich is in bed with the frackers and would not do anything unnecessary to cause his fracking buddies finanical hardship.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/14/367772/kasich-oil-gas-most-ohio-donations/