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Ohio Republican Claims Proposed Plastics Ban Would Collapse Oil and Gas Industry

Ohio Republican Claims Proposed Plastics Ban Would Collapse Oil and Gas Industry
A horizontal gas drilling rig exploring the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Penn., on April 13, 2012. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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A three-year ban on plastics production in legislation being pushed by congressional Democrats would collapse the oil and gas industry, causing major national economic damage, according to Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio).

“There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and there’s more than one way to achieve a ban on hydraulic fracturing,” Johnson told The Epoch Times on May 24 regarding Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s recent statement that the Biden administration supports a ban on hydraulic fracking for fossil fuels on all public lands. She made the statement in response to a question from the Ohio Republican at an Energy Subcommittee Hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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