Flint Hills Stewards Legal Fund
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We are five Kansas women - Cindy Hoedel and Elexa Dawson of Chase County, Karla Jo Grimmett of Morris County, Regina Compernolle of Kansas City and Katherine Kelly of Kansas City and Chase County - taking on an oil & gas company that wants to inject toxic fracking wastewater into the Flint Hills, the largest stand of virgin tallgrass prairie in North America.
We are the official protestants on the docket who requested a hearing with the Kansas Corporation Commission about a proposed wastewater injection well in Morris County near Diamond Springs, a spot named for crystal-clear drinking water sources. The proposed site is 14 miles from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and 100 miles from Wolf Creek nuclear power plant.
Scientists say a complicated network of faults, including numerous surface cracks, make Diamond Springs a high-risk site for injection because of the likelihood of triggering earthquakes.
The US Geological Survey says wastewater injection - not fracking - is causing the earthquakes rattling Kansas and Oklahoma.
In less than a decade, the average number of earthquakes per year in Kansas has jumped from less than 3 to more than 900 .
Some states, such as Ohio, have banned deep injection wells near fault lines.
Please help us protect Kansas from manmade earthquakes and threats to fresh water.
Your donation will be used to pay for the attorney we have engaged, Bob Eye of Lawrence. The hearing is June 15, our pre-filed testimony is due May 10.
Donations will be deposited into a bank account in Cindy's name, separate from her personal account. Checks will be made out to the lawyer at the end of each month until the hearing and any appeal are concluded.
Any money left after the legal bills are paid will be donated to the Fracking Committee of Kansas Sierra Club; they were our first donor.
We are deeply grateful for your help.
We are the official protestants on the docket who requested a hearing with the Kansas Corporation Commission about a proposed wastewater injection well in Morris County near Diamond Springs, a spot named for crystal-clear drinking water sources. The proposed site is 14 miles from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and 100 miles from Wolf Creek nuclear power plant.
Scientists say a complicated network of faults, including numerous surface cracks, make Diamond Springs a high-risk site for injection because of the likelihood of triggering earthquakes.
The US Geological Survey says wastewater injection - not fracking - is causing the earthquakes rattling Kansas and Oklahoma.
In less than a decade, the average number of earthquakes per year in Kansas has jumped from less than 3 to more than 900 .
Some states, such as Ohio, have banned deep injection wells near fault lines.
Please help us protect Kansas from manmade earthquakes and threats to fresh water.
Your donation will be used to pay for the attorney we have engaged, Bob Eye of Lawrence. The hearing is June 15, our pre-filed testimony is due May 10.
Donations will be deposited into a bank account in Cindy's name, separate from her personal account. Checks will be made out to the lawyer at the end of each month until the hearing and any appeal are concluded.
Any money left after the legal bills are paid will be donated to the Fracking Committee of Kansas Sierra Club; they were our first donor.
We are deeply grateful for your help.
Organizer
Cindy Hoedel
Organizer
Matfield Green, KS
