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Columbus announces ambitious Climate Action Plan that cuts carbon emissions 45% by 2030
Environmental coalition cited as instrumental in setting city’s climate goals in line with climate science
Sustainable Columbus unveiled the city’s first Climate Action Plan (CAP) on Thursday, December 9, 2021, with an ambitious overall…
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Ohio groups rally for fair legislative maps, advocate for Black and Muslim communities affected by illegal gerrymandering following oral arguments
On Wednesday morning (Dec. 8, 2021), a joint coalition of Ohio advocacy groups, including the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Ohio Environmental Council, and the Council of American Islamic Relations-Ohio, rallied for fair maps in front…
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Mother of deceased child who overdosed in Columbus: “She was a sister, a mother, a friend, a human being with an addiction”
Below this introduction is the obituary for Sarah Michelle Burris, who passed from a drug overdose in October. The obituary was written by her mother who wrote it “early one morning after not sleeping very much. The words are straight from my…
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Why We Should Oppose the Democracy Summit
The exclusion of certain countries from the U.S. “democracy summit” is not a side issue. It is the very purpose of the summit. And excluded countries have not been excluded for failing to meet the standards of behavior of those that were invited…
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