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Tell the Commission: Fracking hands off Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area
An unnamed oil and gas company has submitted a “nomination” to the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission to frack 1,460 acres of Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area in Harrison County.If approved, it would be the third-largest tract of Ohio public land for oil and gas extraction. But before that…
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Save Ohio Parks statement on Gulfport Appalachia fracking well pad explosion, evacuation near Salt Fork State Park
Last night at 5:49 p.m., the Antrim, Ohio, volunteer fire department chief posted the first of four videos on its Facebook page of a raging fire at a well pad just off State Route 22. The location is a 5.7 miles – a seven-minute drive along SR 22 – from the entrance to Salt Fork…
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Nuclear power is not green - Governor Dewine must veto HB 308
The Ohio state legislature has done it again.Two years ago, lawmakers stuffed House Bill 507, a bill about how many poultry chicks could be sold in a batch, with unrelated amendments – at the last minute during lame duck session, with no notice or chance for people to comment. One of those…
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Save Ohio Parks: Hold state legislative candidates accountable for voting to frack Ohio state parks
In December 2022, during the Christmas holiday season and lame duck session – with no public input - the Ohio General Assembly stuffed a poultry bill with amendments and passed a law requiring fracking under Ohio’s state parks and public lands for gas and oil.HB 507 also falsely defined gas as a “…