Park Forest, IL –(ENEWSPSF)–September 4, 2013–The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will host their opening meeting for the fall on Wednesday, September 18, at 6:30 PM with a potluck dinner at the home of Mary Lubertozzi, 3434 Attica Rd, Olympia Fields. The guest speaker will be Jennifer Hensley, Program Manager for the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club. Ms. Hensley will speak on the issue of the impact of “fracking” for natural gas in Illinois. “Fracking”, where high pressure water is pumped underground to fracture geologic formations to release natural gas, poses a threat to drinking water and other water resources. There are no federal regulations on this industry, so responsibility for protecting the environment from this activity has become the responsibility of individual states. The League of Women Voters supports efforts to control pollution of our natural resources in order to preserve the physical, chemical and biological integrity of ecosystems and to protect public health.
