The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the Committee to Ban Michigan Fracking is attempting to get on a 2014 ballot an initiative to fracking from happening. The group will hold an event from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday in Kalamazoo’s Bronson Park. A second event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Hastings. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the process of drilling a horizontal well and injecting specific types of shale with a chemical mix to better release the natural gas within.
Excerpt: The Kalamazoo and Hastings events are meant for people interested in volunteering and collecting signatures for the petition to get the measure on the ballot. Not only would the measure ban fracking in the state, it would also ban the waste materials produced by the process. What is called fracking fluid is a combination of mostly water and sand, and some chemicals. A mixture comes back out and needs to be taken to a waste management site.
Source: Battle Creek Enquirer
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