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Solar and wind energy in an ever-hotter planet
by Bob Sheak
Environmentalists of all stripes support policies to expand solar energy and wind energy, among other “renewables.” Indeed, solar and wind are viewed across the spectrum of environmental groups as a principal method for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions that are causing increasingly catastrophic climate change. Fossil fuels are the main sources of such climate change.
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Is there fracking fraud and lease flipping in Kasich’s Ohio?
by Bob Fitrakis
The FBI and the state Inspector General’s office are investigating mineral rights lease flipping and falsification of public records in Noble County. Environmentalists claim this is a precursor to massive fracking planned in the rural Ohio area.
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A Future Stuck in the Pipeline
by Robert Koehler
Are the bad ideas dead yet? You know, the ones that have been hollowing out the country’s soul for the last 30 years.
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Last chances to reign in catastrophic climate change
by Bob Sheak
About 97% of climate scientists have endorsed or substantiated that concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere have increased at an accelerating rate over the last few decades or more along with a rising temperatures. The research on which these findings are based comes from evidence that has been systematically gathered and analyzed by numerous independent teams of researchers from countries around the world.
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Renowned experts will address fracking at conference
by Lea Harper
“UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE DRILLING: A FACT-BASED HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND POLICY DISCUSSION; WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON’T KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE MOVING FORWARD”
Grand Rapids, Ohio, March 27, 2013 - On April 5 and 6, 2013, a group of scientists, doctors, attorneys, researchers, environmental advocates and policy experts will assemble in Warren, Ohio to present and discuss the impacts of unconventional shale drilling, also called “fracking.” This conference is one of the first in the state to study and discuss facts, concerns and evolving science related to this new industry in Ohio. The conference will be held at the Wean Foundation, 147 West Market Street, Warren, Ohio.
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Ohio residents shut down fracking waste storage facility
by Bill Baker
New Matamoras OH – Ohio residents and allies from numerous environmental groups including Earth First! have disrupted operations at Greenhunter Water's hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” waste storage site along the Ohio River in Washington County. Nate Ebert, a 33-year-old Athens County resident and member of Appalachia Resist!, ascended a 30 foot pole anchored to a brine truck in the process of unloading frack waste, preventing all trucks carrying frack waste from entering the site.
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Sierra Club and Franklin County reach agreement on keeping sewage out of waterways
by Ben Wickizer, Ohio Sierra Club Conservation Program Coordinator
After more than a year of negotiations, the Sierra Club and Franklin County have reached an agreement to settle the Club’s claims that Franklin County is violating the federal Clean Water Act.
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48 leaders arrested in historic act of civil disobedience to stop Keystone XL pipeline
by EcoWatch Journal
This morning, 48 environmental, civil rights and community leaders from across the country joined together for a historic display of civil disobedience at the White House where they demanded that President Obama deny the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and address the climate crisis.
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CPUC San Onofre investigation begins
by Ecological Options Network
San Francisco, CA. Jan. 8, 2013
This is video coverage of the first hearing in the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) investigation of the shutdown of failed nuclear reactors at San Onofre. It is co-produced as a public service by WomensEnergyMatters.org and EON.
Pt. 1-A Video 1
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Welcome to Radioactive Ohio - URGENT! COMMENTS NEEDED BY FEB. 11! ALERT!
by Pat Marida
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just released an environmental assessment (EA) for allowing radioactive waste metal to be mixed with the nation’s scrap metal stream. Talking points are below.
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