30 Organizations Demand Moratorium on Fracking Ohio State Parks and Public Lands
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Save Ohio Parks and 29 other organizations from across the state delivered a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine demanding a moratorium on... Read More
Act Now: No more fossil fuel extraction from Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area
Earlier this month, we saw what can happen at an oil and gas operation in Ohio. Two frack tanks on a Gulfport... Read More
Ohio Well Pad Fire Highlights Pattern of Frequent Oil and Gas Incidents Statewide
This press release was originally issued on January 7, 2025, by FracTracker Alliance FracTracker Alliance Reveals Nearly 2,000 Oil and Gas Incidents... Read More
Statement on explosion of Gulfport Appalachia fracking well pad near Salt Fork State Park
Last night at 5:49 p.m., the chief of the Antrim, Ohio, volunteer fire department posted the first of four videos on its... Read More
Meet the NEW Oil and Gas Land Management Commission
Leasing Ohio’s state parks and wildlife areas for fracking has been a widely controversial issue since the process was kick-started by HB... Read More
Save Ohio Parks demands Gov. Mike DeWine veto law expanding frack leases and declaring nuclear energy “green”
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — It’s déjà vu all over again for state park lovers and protectors. In 2022, during the Christmas... Read More
Commission to decide nominations for Salt Fork, Leesville, bids for Egypt Valley
We need you, and we need your positive energy in person on Monday, December 9, 2024, at 12:15 p.m. at Ohio Department of Public... Read More
Tell the Commission: Leave Valley Run Wildlife Area alone!
Last year the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission approved three different nominations of Valley Run Wildlife Area for fracking. Encino Acquisitions... Read More
Guernsey County Commission votes to deny spreading of toxic oil and gas waste
On October 15, Guernsey County commissioners voted unanimously to deny permission for an explosives supply and blasting company to spread oil and gas waste... Read More
Opinion: Vote ‘yes’ on Ohio Issue 1 if you love state parks and democracy
By Melinda Zemper, Anne Sparks, Jenny Morgan, Mary Huck and Cathy Cowan Becker If you love state parks and democracy, vote “yes”... Read More