WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A group plans to kick off its petition drive in its effort to prohibit
hydraulic fracturing in Michigan.TheCommittee to Ban Fracking in Michigan plans a Saturday event at
Tracy’sCorner Cafe in the Detroit suburb of Warren. MLive.com reports (http://bit.ly/1044Pb3 ) signature collecting starts
April 12, and the group has six months to collect them.Theorganization needs roughly 258,000 signatures to
initiate a bill andput it before voters in November 2014 if legislators don’t act.Other events are scheduled
in upcoming weeks.Hydraulicfracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a technique used by theenergy industry
to extract oil and gas from rock by injectinghigh-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals.
Opponentsfell short of the signatures for the 2012 ballot.___Online:http://www.letsbanfracking.orgCopyright 2013
The Associated Press.WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A group plans to kick off its petition drive in its effort to
prohibit hydraulic fracturing in Michigan.TheCommittee to Ban Fracking in Michigan plans a Saturday event at
Tracy’sCorner Cafe in the Detroit suburb of Warren. MLive.com reports (http://bit.ly/1044Pb3 ) signature collecting starts
April 12, and the group has six months to collect them.Theorganization needs roughly 258,000 signatures to
initiate a bill andput it before voters in November 2014 if legislators don’t act.Other events are scheduled
in upcoming weeks.Hydraulicfracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a technique used by theenergy industry
to extract oil and gas from rock by injectinghigh-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals.
Opponentsfell short of the signatures for the 2012 ballot.___Online:http://www.letsbanfracking.orgCopyright 2013
The Associated Press.