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LAST CHANCE: DeWine signs or vetoes SB 219 or it becomes law this week
This is it. Governor DeWine has until Wednesday, June 24 to sign Senate Bill 219 into law or veto it. After that, the bill automatically becomes law.So this is our last chance to make sure he hears us.Last year, DeWine vetoed Big Oil's fracking wish list when they tried to sneak it into the state…
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Protect the Wayne National Forest
The Bureau of Land Management is once again moving forward with plans to lease parcels in Wayne National Forest for fracking in southeastern Ohio. Public comments are now open on the agency’s latest environmental review document, called a Determination of NEPA Adequacy.This is not a new fight. For…
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Tell your House Rep: Don’t speed up fracking our state parks!
On March 18, the House Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 219, which purports to revise the law on oil and gas wells in Ohio. In reality, it’s 87 pages of favors for the oil and gas industry – starting with fracking of Ohio’s state parks and public lands.If SB 219 passes,…
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Save Ohio Parks and environmental advocates warn against expanding frack leases under Ohio state parks and public lands
Environmental advocates and Ohioans converged in Columbus on Monday to call out the environmental havoc that extending lease terms to frack Ohio’s state parks and public lands will cause Ohio’s air, water, soils, biodiversity—and future generations.Save Ohio Parks; Freshwater Accountability Project…