The good, the bad, and the ugly on Ohio’s long overdue energy legislation
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By Cathy Cowan Becker This year, new legislation in the Ohio Statehouse could finally see the end to some of the worst... Read More
Save Ohio Parks testifies on Senate Bill 2
On February 25, 2025, Cathy Becker, board president of Save Ohio Parks, delivered the following testimony to the Ohio Senate Energy Committee... Read More
Now they want 4360 acres of Egypt Valley Wildlife Area – tell them no!
Last week, fracking tanks on a well pad just five miles from Salt Fork State Park exploded. The local fire department closed area... Read More
Save Ohio Parks statement on passage of HB 308: A lump of coal to Ohio electeds
Once again, the Ohio legislature has gifted the oil and gas industry with an amendment stuffed into an unrelated bill during its... Read More
Tell Mike DeWine: 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... Read More
Save Ohio Parks statement on deceptive comments
Save Ohio Parks was instrumental in uncovering 1100 supposed pro-fracking comments submitted to the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission that at... Read More
Help Save Ohio Parks achieve nonprofit status
In December 2022, when the Ohio legislature changed one word in existing state law to mandate fracking of Ohio state parks, wildlife areas, and... Read More
On February 26, tell Nationwide: Insure our future, not fossil fuels!
In 2023, the United States experienced a record number of weather- and climate-related disasters that each caused $1 billion or more in... Read More
Commission sells out parks and wildlife areas despite public outcry
Last Wednesday, despite vociferous public protest, the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission voted to approve nominations to lease Salt Fork... Read More
Tell Mike DeWine: No fracking in our Ohio state parks or wildlife areas
The final meeting this year for the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission is less than a week away on November... Read More