Community Forum on Hydrofracking

 

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.