Community Forum on Hydrofracking
Submitted by kay.kindice on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 8:22pm.
January 29 from 9:30 am to 10:45 am
The Hydro-fracking Controversy
Should a moratorium be enacted? Five million acres of rural Eastern Ohio are at stake for hydro-fracking gas and oil reserves. What’s the economic impact? Does Ohio have sufficient environmental regulations? Moderator: David Zeng, Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, CWRU. Panelists: Vanessa Pesec, President, Network for Oil and Gas Accountability; Senator Michael Skindell, (Lakewood); and Matthew Sobol, Industrial Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU.