State Rep. Hagan calls for hearings on fracking

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Robert F. Hagan of Youngstown, D-60th, penned an open letter to Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder asking for hearings about fracking.

Fracking, the process in which water, chemicals and sand are blasted into rocks thousands of feet below the ground to unlock natural gas and oil, has come under fire because of its potential environmental concerns.

Hagan, who earlier this week told The Vindicator he wanted a moratorium on all drilling — including injection wells — wants house leaders to consider “a cautious and thoughtful approach for the extraction of these natural resources.”

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