Taking bigger green steps and making greener choices . . . for
your family and future generations March 5, 2012 Where is
fracking taking place in the U.S.? Lest you think that fracking
is only accelerating in Pennsylvania, here's a brief look at
just a few places it's occurring. It may be a case of "speed
trumps safety" as permits are approved in the blink of an eye.
Kansas: The burst of drilling pushed temporary water permits for
oil and gas exploration in Kansas along the geologic formation
called the Mississippian to a nearly 30-year high in 2011—600,
and they approved all but two. Those were turned down only
because of a lack of water in the area. One company in Kansas
has about 1.4 million acres for drilling and expects to have at
least 57 wells in the state by the end of the year, And this is
in an area that had severe drought problems in 2011. Ohio: In
addition to MANY permits for disposal of fracking water and
chemicals, new drilling activity was going strong in the Utica
Shale deposit in Ohio. The Oh