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
Hold state legislative candidates accountable for voting to frack Ohio state parks
In December 2023, during the Christmas holiday lame duck session – with no public participation — the Ohio General Assembly stuffed a... 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
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
Keen Wildlife Area and four ODOT parcels to be fracked
State commission ignores public concerns and large numbers of gas & oil-related accidents It took the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management... Read More
Facebook daily report challenges Ohio industry claims that fracking is “environmentally friendly”
Accident frequency, lax waste regulation and storage and analog data monitoring pose danger to Ohio’s drinking water supply, industry watchdog says A... 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