EID-O's Shawn Bennett discusses NRDC's blog post "Fracking Chemical Disclosure in Ohio: New report points to problems":

"A recent Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) blog post titled “Fracking Chemical Disclosure in Ohio: New report points to problems” makes it pretty clear that anti-natural gas advocates coordinate their messaging and strategies.  Just over a week removed from an Associated Press investigation that found top anti-gas activists routinely distort and misrepresent science, NRDC released a position paper that unilaterally declared Ohio’s natural gas regulations are deficient. This declaration was made, mind you, seemingly in spite of the fact that groups like STRONGER, which include representation from environmental organizations like Earthworks, have declared Ohio’s previous regulations were, in fact, “well managed” and “meeting its program objectives.” Objectives that include safeguarding drinking water, protecting health, air, and land.

Under those rules, and more stringent regulations passed this year, Utica Shale wells developed in Ohio have been completed with almost no impact on the environment. Of course, none of this seems to matter to NRDC as they are busy adding policy and reality to things anti-natural gas advocates like to distort.

Although the whole article is rife with inaccuracies, there are some points that really miss the mark in terms of even a basic understanding of the law, of course some might expect that from a 668 word opinion piece that doesn’t provide a link, or site a single source, of the law its so quick to admonish. With that, let’s take a closer look at some of the more egregious claims made by the author."

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