I told Ohio lawmakers that a new law would put gas plants in residential areas. Now it’s happening.
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By Cathy Cowan Becker Last March during the hearings on Ohio House Bill 15, I was the only representative of an environmental... Read More
Embracing real clean energy
By Randi Pokladnik Unlike our neighboring states of Michigan and Illinois, Ohio’s politicians have not embraced the economic and environmental benefits that... Read More
Climate change, extreme weather and insurance companies
By George Banziger “We are homeowners whose entire neighborhoods have been destroyed by fires and we’re fighting our insurance companies while continuing... Read More
Ohio fracking and poor waste management threaten our health, drinking water — and democracy
By Melinda Zemper The chicks from Ohio’s fossil fuels-based energy policy have grown up quickly and are coming home to roost. In... Read More
Save Ohio Parks offers community presentations on the facts about fracking
Whatever you think you know about the relationship between gas and oil fracking and increased cancers, contaminated air, water and soil, and... Read More
Thanks to you, the Ohio budget is better for our state parks and public lands
The Ohio budget process is finally over. The legislature sent their big, ugly budget to Gov. Mike DeWine on June 26, giving... Read More
Fracking Ohio state parks should not fund tax cuts for the rich
During the lame duck session of 2022, the Ohio legislature passed HB 507, a bill ostensibly about the sale of baby chicks,... Read More
The good, the bad, and the ugly on Ohio’s long overdue energy legislation
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
30 Organizations Demand Moratorium on Fracking Ohio State Parks and Public Lands
Save Ohio Parks and 29 other organizations from across the state delivered a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine demanding a moratorium on... Read More