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Tell Ohio PUCO to Approve AEP's Clean Energy Proposals

As you may have heard, AEP has proposed 900 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy installations in Ohio -- 400 MW of that will be solar energy, which is enough to power about half the homes in Cincinnati.


Submit a comment today in support…

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Job growth continues, more needed to rebuild Ohio’s middle class

Seasonally adjusted data released Friday, November 16, 2018 by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show Ohio’s job growth picked up slightly in October, with the addition of 10,900 jobs, over a weak September. The state’s unemployment…
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Radioactive Waste Is Coming through Your Town -- Unless YOU Help Stop It!

Please help us generate a large number of quality public comments to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in opposition to a 40,000 metric ton highly radioactive, irradiated nuclear fuel, centralized interim storage facility (CISF),…

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Ohio House Passes House Bill 258, the Six-Week Abortion Ban: House forces through law that would effectively outlaw abortion in Ohio in “lame duck” session

On Thursday, November 15, extremist anti-abortion legislators in the Ohio House passed the six-week abortion ban, furthering their goal to outlaw abortion in the State of Ohio.


The Ohio General Assembly passed the six-week ban once before…

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