Join us on April 21st at 5:30 pm ET/2:30 pm PT for a data center webinar, which will illuminate new data and framing on jobs and labor associated with data centers.
Register here: ClimateJusticeAlliance.org/debunk
April 27, 7pm: EPA Region 5 Admin Anne Vogel is speaking at Marietta College as part of her Midwest tour, not focused on local injection well issues.
Washington County has over 3B gallons of oil & gas waste injected.
We’re showing up with questions.
RSVP-
bit.ly/marietta-epa
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Find out how to sign a petition or help gather signatures here conserveohio.com
Join us for the Earth Day celebration at Faurot Park in Lima! There will be music, vendors and activities! At 3:30PM, our organizer Cat will give a talk about our work with petrochemicals, along with other guest speakers!
RSVP Here!
bit.ly/LimaEarthDay26
Little Hocking’s water system serves nearly 10,000 people and sits between known PFAS contamination and injection wells a mile away. This is what we heard in Marietta at our press conference at the Armory:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7V...
Thousands of gallons of oil & gas waste spilled. Water contaminated. Not reported for days.
We broke down what happened at the Kleese injection well and where oversight failed.
benohio.org/kleese-injec...
We’re partnering with the Great Ohio Climate March (May 16–28). If you’ve been looking for a way to get involved, this is one. Join for a day, support along the way, or help spread the word. Register by April 16. Register here: greatohioclimatemarch.org
Gas and oil injection of toxic, radioactive wastewater brine was supposed to be a temporary storage solution. Justin Nobel @desmog.com: bit.ly/46i8BGn
Today, Washington County worries migration may contaminate its drinking water. Will the state act in time?
@buckeyeenviro.bsky.social
Chemical recycling like pyrolysis is being sold as a fix for plastic waste, but it’s basically heating plastic without oxygen. It hasn’t worked well and still creates pollution. Now Clean Air Act protections may be rolled back.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0104202...
Color photo of members of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio facing the audience at a meeting.
PUCO just unanimously approved AEP Ohio’s generation and distribution rate increase without discussion.
We’re calling on you!
Join us Monday to phonebank and tell lawmakers to support SB 329 and HB 439. These bills would stop radioactive oil and gas waste from being spread on our roads.
This is simple. We call. They listen.
RSVP and join us.
bit.ly/ben-phonebank0330
Columbus Free Press covers the historic Washington County action at the Statehouse. This fight keeps growing because people are paying attention and speaking up. Give it a read and share.
freepress.org/article/hist...
1,337 Ohioans sent comments telling oil and gas commission to deny fracking 8,300 acres under Salt Fork SP and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area.
Emails are great; people persuade. Join us March 27 at noon to rally for Ohio state parks and public lands!
@twrader.bsky.social @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social
Ohio Power Siting Board admits its rules allow for "anonymous" comments when deciding on an energy project. Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lMQ63e
Fake comments are accepted by OPSB? This is very wrong.
@amyactonoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social
In about 24 hours, the Ohio EPA stops taking comments on the Google data center. Its 115 diesel generators would emit 236 tons of harmful air pollution yearly. We have stopped them before and we can do it again. Protect our air and submit by 3/25 at 11:59 PM.
Guide and link:
bit.ly/nolimadatace...
@saveohioparks.bsky.social needs YOU in Columbus March 27 to help tell Gov. DeWine commission: Deny fracking 9,000 acres at Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Wildlife Area.
Decision could lock in fracking Ohio public lands to run massive, polluting data centers.
@peopleoverpetro.bsky.social
The connections are clear: The dangers of brine spreading from the Injection Wells, and the negative impact on our water and jobs that center projects would have. We have to keep using our voices and speak up and out against these threats!
www.mariettatimes.com/news/local-n...
Amazon Data Center in Hilliard:
“The Ohio EPA is accepting written public comments on the draft permit through March 25. After the comment period closes, the agency director will review the feedback and issue a final decision, which could take several months.”
www.10tv.com/article/news...
Senator Schaffer is worried about a sealed bucket of brine inside the Statehouse. But not the millions of gallons spread across Ohio roads. If it is dangerous in a room, it is dangerous in our communities. RSVP to phonebank to support SB 329: bit.ly/ben-phonebank0330
Natural gas plants and diesel generators at New Albany, Ohio AI data centers are taking over off-grid rural Ohio.
It's an expensive and polluting way to get power. @rfelliott.bsky.social @harrystevens.bsky.social @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4bE5Pgw
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
Can't make it to the #greatohioclimatemarch? You can still support the march by donating! givebutter.com/DonateGOCM
Let's protect our neighborhoods together. Join Buckeye Environmental Network for a virtual phone bank on March 30th at Noon!
We are calling to support SB 329 and HB 439 while saying NO to HB 170.
Join the Zoom here: bit.ly/ben-phonebank0330
Support our partner Redtail Resilience Network's work of training and equipping people to prepare for, respond to, and be resilient against acute and ongoing social and environmental crises. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Still ISO info about porgress on municipal renewable energy goals in Ohio!
There's far too many events of black smoke plumes coming from Freepoint, we need to continue to raise awareness about this issue and have them held accountable for allowing toxic smoke to affect our communities!
www.thereportingproject.org/ohio-epa-to-...
"Ohio isn’t simply managing its own fracking byproducts. It has quietly become a destination for other states’ toxic leftovers. Why?"
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/03...
Adams County residents file for statewide ban on data centers larger than 25 MW. @annastaver.bsky.social @cleveland.com:
bit.ly/4beCtWZ
@saveohioparks.bsky.social: Water use, contamination and dangerous methane emissions from natural gas plants are among issues.
@toledonews.bsky.social
Ohio enviro folks: I’d like to crowdsource some info. Which cities in Ohio with local renewable energy transition commitments are on track to meet their goals? For those who are behind, is it because there isn’t enough available to meet demand?
