Iowa currently has no regulations that address fracking

 

There are many definitions and explanations to be found at the links provided below.  Please educate yourself at EACH of these.

There is a company going around with lease offers for fracking in different counties in Iowa. 

Iowa currently has no regulations that address fracking.

 

According to the shale basin map, 1/3+ of Iowa sits atop the Forest City Shale Basin, which is ripe for fracking.

http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/rpd/shale_gas.pdf

 

Iowa and fracking.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iowa_and_fracking 

 

       

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On April 1, 2012, it was reported that Timothy Berge of Pangean Resources LLC of Denver, Colorado is hoping to persuade companies to drill new test wells into Iowa groundwater aquifers in the next few years. The wells would involve fracking. Berge has sent out lease offers for hundreds of thousands of acres to various Iowa counties. Liabilities are on the owner of the land.  This is why oil & gas companies want to use leases.  Iowa has no regulations that address fracking.

Please do not miss the many definitions and explanations at the links in the box to the right of these words . . . . . . . .    >>>>>>>>>>>

 

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Ric 

Ric Zarwell, President

Allamakee County Protectors - Education Campaign

P.O. Box 299

210 North Third Street

Lansing, Iowa 52151-0299

Email: Ric.Zarwell@mchsi.com

Home/Office: 563-538-4991

Mobile: 563-419-4991

http://www.allamakeecountyprotectors.com/

 

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