Sierra Club, Others Call for Moratorium on New Drilling in WV

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Eleven so-called environmental groups, led by the nose by the Sierra Club, held a small anti-drilling protest rally yesterday at the West Virginia State Capitol where they demanded a moratorium on granting any new permits to drill in the Marcellus Shale. They handed Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and legislators in town for meetings their list of demands. The groups are anti-drilling and anti-fracking and want stricter rules for drilling than currently exist in WV, among them:

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