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Cathy Cowan Becker describes the most recent of 1,900 Ohio gas & oil accidents over 8 years. 30 Ohio enviro organizations now call for a moratorium on fracking Ohio public lands. @govmikedewine.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social

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Ohio DNR oil & gas commissioners choose Encino to frack Leesville Wildlife Area. bit.ly/3EcoKSG EAP is 98% owned by Canada Pension Plan. Just 1 reason to heckle. Commissioners ignore us in 17-minute meetings. @ohiocapitaljournal.com @karenkasler.bsky.social @dispatch.com @drpeggy70.bsky.social

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Fracking Ohio is a mortal sin against humanity b/c reliable renewable energy options exist. Fossil fuels contribute to and accelerate climate change. Everyone knows it. If you don't know it, you don't deserve to hold public office. bit.ly/4hUdnws @govmikedewine.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

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Oklahoma company seeks approval for 2 natural gas plants in New Albany, Ohio. bit.ly/4jh7zP3 Does it plan to use natural gas from fracked state parks and public lands? A Licking County enviro group already calls foul. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @karenkasler.bsky.social @kentsmith.bsky.social

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Speakers from across Ohio testified March 28 on why a moratorium on fracking Ohio public lands is urgent and necessary. All speeches: bit.ly/4lrTJLF @govmikedewine.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @dispatch.com @ncronline.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @karenkasler.bsky.social

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Canadian tourism bookings to the U.S. have plummeted. bit.ly/4cc9fHd Ohio tourism generates billions of dollars each year. How will that affect us? And who will want to visit industrialized fracked Ohio? @govmikedewine.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social

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Oil and gas commission hands over Leesville wildlife area to Encino Acquisition Partners for fracking. bit.ly/43Agbf2 EAP is 98% owned by Canada Pension Plan. It's colonizing Ohio. bit.ly/3Yc1VW5 @ohiocapitaljournal.com @dispatch.com @crainscleveland.bsky.social @govmikedewine.bsky.social

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@saveohioparks.bsky.social & supporters stood up at OGLMC meeting March 28 to protect state parks & public lands from fracking. Photos & speaker videos coming. @[email protected] @clevelanddems.bsky.social @saraedon.bsky.social @dispatch.com @kmkowalski.bsky.social

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How about this?

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Why I decided to go on 60 Minutes. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...

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Thought for the day, with a shoutout to @UnitedNations secretary-general Antonio Guterres. We salute you!

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What's next on the list of "controversial" topics to ban? Fracking Ohio public lands causes methane emissions that accelerate climate warming. Ohio lawmakers are creating an authoritarian state no one will want to live in. bit.ly/4iPdx9W @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

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Trump cuts gutting @noaa.gov halt decades of groundbreaking science on climate & weather forecasting. @yalee360.bsky.social: If NOAA caused climate alarm, it's b/c the data are alarming, not because of an agenda beyond its mission. bit.ly/4469tgK @chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @ufw.bsky.social

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Do you care about a livable planet and pristine state parks and public lands? Are you attending OGLMC meeting today, where action may be taken on fracking Leesville and Valley Run Wildlife Areas? Rain or shine. @dispatch.com @saraedon.bsky.social @eringlynn.bsky.social @gongwerohio.bsky.social

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Ohio House passes HB 15, which would end corrupt $1 B tax on every energy-using Ohio household- it props up aging coal plants- one located in Indiana. bit.ly/3DYekpI It's about time. Read what lawmakers said to defend their votes. @morgantrau.bsky.social @ohiocitizen.org @dispatch.com

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@wmo-global.bsky.social reports glacier loss largest over the last 3 years. bit.ly/42lDOGX Let's reduce methane & greenhouse gas emissions, not increase them by natural gas fracking under Ohio public lands. @govmikedewine.bsky.social @healthylakes.org @eringlynn.bsky.social @jbalmert.bsky.social

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"The President can’t unilaterally change election law. This order is not only an attack on American voters’ fundamental freedom to vote, it is also plainly unlawful." - Marcia Johnson, Chief Counsel, LWV of the US Read the rest of LWV's statement here: bit.ly/LWVUSstateme...

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Be there. Help stop our pristine state parks and public lands from being colonized by gas & oil and @GovMikeDeWine.

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Infinity Natural Resources paid $58 M 20% of oil & gas revenue to Ohio to frack Salt Fork SP. bit.ly/4c2hOUI What do local residents get out of it. A $9 M Eco Center & beach bathroom. The very definition of colonization. @dispatch.com @colsunderground.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com

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The natural gas boom created a dazzling vision of industrial & economic prosperity. 17 years on: An economic calamity for communities colonized by oil & gas. @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social analysis: bit.ly/4j33ca8 @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @dispatch.com @ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Science journalist Justin Nobel in @sierraclub.org on Ohio's inability/refusal to protect gas and oil workers from radioactive gas & oil waste handling. Martin's Ferry Austin Master disgrace is featured. @alleghenyfront.bsky.social @saraedon.bsky.social @dispatch.com @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

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Heartfelt thank you to Sen. Nickie Antonio, who introduced SB 132 yesterday to the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee. The bill bans fracking under Ohio state parks and public lands. @saraedon.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com @drpeggy70.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social

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Join us Friday, March 28 to protect our state parks and public lands for us, our children and grandchildren. @saveohioparks.bsky.social press conference at noon. OGLMC meeting following. Columbus. @saraedon.bsky.social @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @duanepohlman.bsky.social @devinnunnari.bsky.social

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Support 30 Ohio enviro organizations & our push for @govmikedewine.bsky.social to call a moratorium on all new and pending bids, nominations and leases under Ohio state parks and public lands. Sign here: bit.ly/MoratoriumNow @ohiocitizen.org @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social @healthylakes.org

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Appalachian triad of natural gas, petrochemicals & hydrogen is "economic calamity" with losses in jobs, income, population. bit.ly/4j33ca8 Ohio: Let's learn from PA's energy mistakes. Embrace renewables. @govmikedewine.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com @fractracker.bsky.social @dispatch.com

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Ohio utilities fight legislative bills SB 1 and HB 15, which would cut $1 B tax on Ohio households to subsidize aging, inefficient coal plants. bit.ly/4kYGAJF Follow the money. @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @rooster.info @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social

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Catastrophic National Institutes for Health cuts studying health effects of climate change is "agenda item" for fossil fuels industry. Prez administration is doing what FF wants, says @propublica.org. bit.ly/4j2hXtS @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @aarpfoundation.bsky.social @dispatch.com

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An introduction to our trip to Japan.

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Why again is Ohio destroying its beautiful state parks and wildlife areas with fracking?? Why are we passing bills to fast-track approvals for fracked gas plants all over the state to power AI? Think, people, think! @ohiocapitaljournal.com @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @rachelcoyleohio.bsky.social

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Support a moratorium on fracking under Ohio state parks and public lands. Let your voice be heard! @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social @healthylakes.org @fractracker.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

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Are fracking bans necessary and urgent? Absolutely. Oil & gas waste brine injected deep underground is a time bomb for our farm soils & clean drinking water. @sehnetwork.bsky.social : bit.ly/4iEOZQq @chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @ameliarobinson.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

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Do we really want AI and data centers in Ohio? @404media.co reports Clearview AI tried to buy 690 M arrest records and 390 M U.S. photos for an intelligence firm. bit.ly/4iyN28B @kmkowalski.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com @saraedon.bsky.social @joshsweigart.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Just a little Monday wake up, Ohio. If you think DOGE won't come after enviro orgs, you're living in lala land. Democracy's First Amendment rights and a free press is entwined in all we do and aspire for.

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Ohio is missing a huge jobs and prosperity boat because lawmakers cling to fossil fuels. Our country and state lag the world. Journalist Chris Turner spoke recently to an Ohio audience on the economics of the global energy transition. @miketurnerohio.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

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Want a window on Ohio's lax regulation of its 250+ Class II injection wells? DAR #95 focuses on K&H radioactive oil/waste brine disposal into Athens County soils for 11 years, endangering local soils & water. bit.ly/3Xi236X @duanepohlman.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com

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ICYMI: Texas reports 250 addl cases of groundwater contamination in aquifers from gas & oil waste brine, totaling 2,870 cases in the state. bit.ly/4fAkbhI Why do state lawmakers think Ohio aquifers will escape that fate? @kmkowalski.bsky.social @duanepohlman.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

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Sanders: I will tell you what I think the worst addiction in this country is, the most dangerous, and that is the greed of the oligarchs. Everybody wants to do well. These guys already have billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions. How much money do you need?

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Because there are still good things in Ohio!

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SATURDAY APRIL 5th- if you aren’t able to go to the national protest in DC, try your state capitol! In Columbus, OH, we will be meeting up at the Ohio statehouse at NOON! Bring your sign, and get ready to speak up and have your voice heard!

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We contacted U.S. Sens. Bernie Moreno, John Husted, state Sen. George Lang and state Rep. Jennifer Gross. No response, not even form email. But @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social responds. So does @kentksmith.bsky.social, Rep. Patrick Brennan and @twrader.bsky.social Who cares about Ohioans? Not MAGA.

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Ohio needs a moratorium on fracking under state parks and public lands. Tell @GovMikeDeWine why it's needed: bit.ly//MoratoriumNow @ohiocitizen.org @drpeggy70.bsky.social @thirdactoh.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social

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It's still possible to stop irrevocable climate warming, says new @wmo-global.bsky.social report. But the window is closing. bit.ly/4bOiz3L Wake up, Ohio. Protect our state parks & a livable state and planet: protest fracking. @ohiocitizen.org @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @chrisrgibbs.bsky.social

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It took state govt six years to get rid of an unfair $1 B energy tax on Ohio households. One hand clapping is a fair response. bit.ly/4kNUEFI Wind and solar are reliable with battery storage & are emissions-free. Fracking kills our state parks, health and planet faster. @drpeggy70.bsky.social

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We bet a few fiery democracy speakers could get a nice crowd in Ohio- with a bit of notice. Seniors, veterans, union workers, common-sense voters who believe in democracy, young people desiring education, trans and LGBTs, hmmm. Pretty much everyone except MAGA... @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social

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Excellent source to keep up on the administration's orders on energy, too.

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Healing the land: Molly Jo Stanley and Weston Lombard are transforming a former coal mine into a community forest in Athens County. Only $4 M to go to complete it. bit.ly/4bEJuPt @athensindy.bsky.social @917wvxu.bsky.social @ohiounivpress.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

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Trump pushes the U.S. to support crypto- and has a $2.3 B meme coin. bit.ly/4iIlCN8 Ohio Sen. Brian Chavez pushes natural gas fracking- and owns frack waste businesses that profit from it. Where is govt ethics? @morgantrau.bsky.social @daytondailynews.bsky.social news.bsky.social

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Small steps: Ohio Brine Task Force, @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social & @saveohioparks.bsky.social's volunteers convinced Harrison County, OH commissioners to stop using radioactive oil & gas waste brine as road deicer. bit.ly/4kGk9ZA @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social

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This is courage. We support all journalists, especially @voanews.com.web.brid.gy who are dedicated to the First Amendment and democracy in their reporting. The facts can win. #NoFrackingOhio

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Protect your rights to transparent govt that works for all. Learn abt public access at Ohio Statehouse, JobsOhio, and recent attacks on open government. RSVP: bit.ly/4hazPRO @sydneydawes.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social

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