Fracking panel discussion packs community center
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The West Branch Community Center was packed during the Aug. 29 panel discussion on hydraulic fracturing.
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Chiara Barbier, a member of the Friends of the Au Gres Rifle Watershed, talks about the threats fracking poses to the watershed.
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Members of the panel pictured here are, from left, Jim Armbruster of the DEQ, Donald Day, Timothy Howard, Jacque Rose, Chris Grobbel and Chiara Barbier.
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James Peters, who has decades of knowledge and experience in the energy industry, talks about why natural gas is important for the future of the energy sector.
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Chris Grobbel, an environmental consultant tells the crowd that fracking is not a fail-safe method to extract natural gas, and describes some of the issues he has witnessed in the process.
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Erik Bauss, of Energy In Depth, informs the crowd of his organization, which aims to debunk myths and rumors about the oil and natural gas industry.
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Jim Armbruster, of the Michigan DEQ, describes how hydraulic fracturing wells are regulated.
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Moderator Rick Benjamin tells the crowd how the event would proceed throughout the night.
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By Tim Barnum
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Posted 8/29/12
About 120 people attended a Michigan Works- and Economic Development Corporation-sponsored panel discussion regarding hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, Aug. 29. The discussion, which was held at the West Branch Community Center, included experts from the Department of Environmental Quality, oil and natural gas consultants and experts, environmental consultants and members of the Friends of the Au Gres Rifle Watershed. Members of the panel gave presentations stating their sides of the issue, and then questions, which were written on cards and submitted the to event's moderator, EDC Board Chairman Rick Benjamin, were presented to the panel to be answered.
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