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Becca Pollard
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Tell Ohio senators: It’s time to end the coal bailouts!
When Ohio legislators passed the historically corrupt House Bill 6 (HB6) in 2019, they forced all Ohioans to pay more on their electric bills to bail out the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation’s (OVEC) two dirty, inefficient, and outdated coal plants in Ohio and Indiana for the next decade. These…
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Ohioans rally for Forests, Not Fascism!
Recently the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the US Government both issued reports acknowledging what people all over the world already knew--urgent action is needed in order to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Despite these reports, agencies and…
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Help Produce a Documentary to Save the Wayne National Forest
Shortly after I moved back to Ohio from Oregon in 2016, I learned that Wayne National Forest, Ohio's only national forest, was under threat from the gas and oil industry.
After learning more about what was happening, visiting the area, and meeting some locals who will be directly impacted, I felt…
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Help Save the Wayne National Forest from Devastating Industrialization
On March 22, people around the world celebrated World Water Day, an international holiday established by The United Nations in 1993 to advocate for sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year’s theme was Nature for Water. According to worldwaterday.org:
Environmental damage, together…