Opinion: Vote ‘yes’ on Ohio Issue 1 if you love state parks and democracy
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By Melinda Zemper, Anne Sparks, Jenny Morgan, Mary Huck and Cathy Cowan Becker If you love state parks and democracy, vote “yes”... Read More
Leesville Wildlife Area back on the chopping block
Last July, an unnamed oil and gas company submitted two nominations to frack a total of 128 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area... Read More
For the sixth and seventh times: No fracking Salt Fork!
They simply won’t leave Salt Fork State Park alone. An unnamed gas and oil company has nominated Salt Fork for fracking for... Read More
AG proposes new rule against deceptive comments; here’s how to weigh in
You may remember last fall when the story broke that at least 150 public comments supposedly in support of fracking Ohio state parks were not submitted... Read More
Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission must remove deceptive letters from its website
By Cathy Cowan Becker, Jess Grim, Mary Huck, Jenny Morgan, Anne Sparks, and Melinda Zemper Last September, reporter Jake Zuckerman of Cleveland.com broke... Read More
Tragedy of the commons: Fracking in Ohio
By Randi Pokladnik No doubt that most people are feeling the effects of this summer’s relentless heat (12 days above 90 degrees... Read More
Fracking — good water in, bad water out
By George Banziger With the active support of state legislatures in West Virginia and Ohio and the engagement of oil and gas... Read More
For the fifth time: No fracking Salt Fork!
Another unnamed oil and gas company has submitted a nomination to frack Salt Fork State Park — Ohio’s largest and most iconic... Read More
A second nomination for Egypt Valley needs our comments
Egypt Valley Wildlife Area, in Belmont and Guernsey counties, is now being sought by a second oil and gas company for fracking.... Read More
Petroleum-238 author Justin Nobel to speak across Ohio
As Justin Nobel traveled the United States reporting on the oil and gas industry he learned a disturbing and little-considered fact: a... Read More