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Ohio Fraction and Occupy Well Street took their protests to Columbus on Wednesday. The occupy group is an off shoot of the Occupy Wall Street effort.

The group protested outside the offices of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources which has oversight over the growing shale related energy industry in Ohio. They were not permitted to meet with administrators of the department.

21 News reporter Janet Rogers says the group brought samples of soil and water they say was contaminated by the oil and gas industry. The group believes fracking, the process used by the industry to release oil and gas from the earth, is poisoning well water and causing earthquakes.

Youngstown reported a minor earthquake on December 31, 2011. Recently ODNR released a report linking the quake to a nearby injection well in the city.

A handful of local people were on hand for today's protest in Columbus, along with students from Oberlin, Ohio and other areas across the state.

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