Canada Pension Plan infuses $300M into Encino, making Ohio the next fracking sacrifice zone
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Encino Acquisition Partners, LLC, the oil and gas company slated to frack under Ohio’s Zepernick and Valley Run wildlife areas, is 98... Read More
Save Ohio Parks statement on court’s decision to dismiss our appeal
Save Ohio Parks is disappointed that our appeal of the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission’s decision to approve fracking lease nominations... Read More
Save Ohio Parks promotes Feb. 26 commission meeting and fossil fuels rally
Emergency stay filed to stop bids to frack state parks, wildlife areas The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) will meet... Read More
Mike DeWine and climate Scrooges are pushing Ohio to environmental extinction
Weeks after we waxed nostalgic about cultural touchstones equated with Christmas, the very officials who should be protecting our state’s future continue... Read More
Advocates Sue to Halt Oil & Gas Leasing in Ohio State Parks and Public Lands
Local groups are appealing the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission’s approval of nominations to lease Ohio’s largest state park and two wildlife areas for oil and gas development.
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
Salt Fork town hall to focus on fracking, climate change and protecting environment
A free Town Hall to educate Ohioans about wild birds, energy production in Ohio, fracking and climate change will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Salt Fork State Park lodge in Lore City, Ohio.
Two Eastern Ohio oil and gas accidents highlight hazards of fracking state parks, wildlife areas
"Once again the oil and gas industry proves it cannot operate without accidents that endanger the public and our environment,” said Randi Pokladnik, Ph.D., an ecologist, research chemist and volunteer with Save Ohio Parks. “Yet Ohio's politicians think this industry can be trusted to frack our precious state parks."
Salt Fork State Park, Zepernick Wildlife Area, and Valley Run Wildlife Area in Ohio on list to be fracked
As of May 30th, oil and gas companies can “nominate” land parcels within citizen-owned state parks and forests to obtain fracking leases. Parcel leases need approval from the four-member Oil and Gas Land Management Commission, a group which lacks any scientific expertise.