For whom does the Oil and Gas Commission work, exactly? Clearly, not for the people of Ohio: editorial

K&H wells

A photo of one of three K&H deep-injection disposal waste wells that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources determined were leaking potentially radioactive fracking waste deep into the earth. Photo courtesty of Torch, Ohio resident Mike Quinn.Mike Quinn

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What passes for regulation by the state of Ohio of oil-and-gas fracking and its byproducts sometimes seems more like friendly mentoring rather than policing in the public interest.

Example: Cleveland.com’s Jake Zuckerman recently reported that the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission, made up entirely of appointees of the governor, finally agreed to an Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) order halting the operation of three leaking fracking-waste deep-injection wells in Athens County’s Troy Township.

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