Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful concerned citizens can change the world.    
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. 
                    
                                                                                                                -Margaret Mead  

What can YOU Do?

  • Get informed
  • Write letters to: The Honorable Steven Chu/Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington DC 20585 and the Members of Congress - because the oil and gas industry can super chill the natural gas and reduce it to liquid form and export it by tankers to manufacturing bases in China, India, Korea and Japan at the expense of our fresh water, health, air and the future of American children.  Please ask them to ban fracking now!
  • Do research online (A good starting page, Our science page, rebuttal to industry arguments, Scientific American's take)
  • Write your doctor and the Ohio State Medical Association and ask them to protect our health from oil and gas drillers.  Ask you doctor to:
      -Sign the petition at ohiocitizen.org for disclosure of fracking chemicals.
      -Talk to other medical professionals about fracking and the new law's infringement
       on their right-to-know (Senate Bill 315 - Gov. Kasich signed into law June, 2011)
      - Urge their medical association to take a stand for our health
      - Also make a copy to the president elect of the Ohio State Medical Association:
            Neal J. Nesbitt, M.D., 75 Hospital Dr., Ste. 310, Athens, OH 45701-2860
      - If you have children, get them involved (children in NY sent letters and pictures
        to Gov. Cuomo.
  • Sign petitions and/or just give out informational fliers.
  • EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, CO-WORKERS -  KNOW THAT THE DANGERS LIE NOT ONLY IN SHALE DRILLING (FRACKING), BUT ALSO IN RADIOACTIVE BRINE BEING TRANSPORTED THROUGHOUT TOWNS AND USED AS DE-ICERS ON ROADS, DANGEROUS HEALTH EFFECTS FROM AIR POLLUTION, INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, ILLEGAL SEISMIC TESTING DONE WITHOUT PROPERTY OWNERS CONSENT, INJECTION WELLS,  AND COMPRESSOR STATIONS.
  • SPEAK AT COMMUNITY GROUPS YOU ARE INVOLVED IN/ACTIVATE YOUR NETWORKS
  • GET INVOLVED LOCALLY
  • EDUCATE YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THREATS
  • Support the EPA on the Clean Water Act AND Support the FRAC Act
  • Share your concerns by writing letters or emails to local newspapers, magazines and newsletters and other media sources
  • GET INVOLVED WITH THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MEDINA COUNTY:  Attend meetings and/or contact us
  • Contact Medina County Park Office and request that the Park Board not lease park property.
  • Attend Medina County Commissioners meetings
  • Attend Township meetings and City Council meetings
  • Contact Ohio State Governor John Kasich - PH# 614-466-3555    
                    Riffe Center, 30th Floor, 77 South High St., Columbus, OH 43215-6117
  • Contact other elected officials - for example:  President Obama, senators, congressional representatives, state senators, etc. (The League of Women Voters can provide all necessary contact info.)
  • Blanket the Neighborhood.  Post literature on bulletin boards and leave materials in health food stores, supermarkets, banks.  
  • Blog on or start your own blog.  Get your friends to do this too. 
  • Use social media/facebook-twitter to educate your friends and family
  • Become an expert.  Learn as much as you can about fracking so you educate others.
  • Become a "bird dog".  Attend events where public figures are speaking and ask them tough questions about fracking.
  • Show up at rallies and bring your friends