Save Ohio Parks
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Save Ohio Parks
@saveohioparks.bsky.social
Ohio org aims to stop fracking under our pristine state parks and public lands. Help protect our natural resources for future generations. Join us. Act.
ICYMI: $60M HB 6 scandal proves harm of PUCO's lax regulation at FirstEnergy and other utilities; current PUCO decisions are encouraging, says expert. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/3Kr6N6e

What will come from Ohio's lax regulation of gas and oil combined with fracking expansion?
After Ohio’s landmark decisions on HB 6 utility scandal, what’s next?
Regulators just fined FirstEnergy $250M over its bribery scheme. While historically high, the amount falls short of what consumer advocates had pushed for.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Ohio EPA wastewater permits to cool data center equipment alarms enviro groups concerned rivers and streams will be polluted and rural water treatment ill-equipped to treat it for toxic chemicals like PFAS. Kevin Landers @10tv.com.web.brid.gy : bit.ly/4qBS07X

@drpeggy70.bsky.social
Ohio EPA reviewing data center discharge permits amid water quality concerns
Ohio's plan to permit data centers to discharge cooling water into local waterways sparks concern over potential contamination and environmental harm.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Trump's EPA could kneecap itself in protecting clean air, water, land if it succumbs to chemical company lobbying to declare a regulation can only be updated once.

This would allow EPA to ignore new science and newly-discovered public harms. @lisalsong.bsky.social @propublica.org: bit.ly/4aJT9Ww
Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules
In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Ohio's OGLMC to weigh fracking 4 wildlife areas and 15 ODOT parcels at 2 p.m. Jan. 12.

Come at 1 p.m. to state your opinion on extending frack leases under state parks and public lands for two more years. bit.ly/4bmyjg1

@ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social @columbusfreepress.bsky.social
Speak up for state parks and public lands
On Monday, January 12, at 1 p.m., Ohio’s Oil and Gas Land Management Commission — the governor-appointed body in charge of decisions about fracking Ohio’s state parks and pub…
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January 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Larry Householder and Matt Borges, key Ohio GOP players in H.B. 6, the $60 M nuclear bailout-- Ohio's largest corruption scandal ever-- want @SCOTUS to free them in a case that could redefine the term "bribery." @jpelzer.bsky.social @cleveland.com: bit.ly/4ppvWMQ

@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social
Larry Householder, Matt Borges ask U.S. Supreme Court to review cases at heart of their HB6 convictions
If appeals by former House Speaker Larry Householder and former GOP chair Matt Borges are successful, it would open the door for their corruption convictions to be overturned and rewrite legal precede...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Third Coast fined largest penalty ever in 2023 Louisiana coastal spill dumping 1.1 M gallons of oil into the Gulf.

Yet it's less than 3% of its estimated annual earnings. Josh Funk @apnews.com: bit.ly/3MZLKsq

That's no deterrent; it's a tap on the wrist.

@pstrust.bsky.social
Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Pipeline safety regulators have imposed their largest fine ever on the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast in 2023.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission will allow public comments at its Jan. 12 meeting-- extending frack leases from 3 to 5 years. Lenn Black @ccbecker271.bsky.social Simply Living: bit.ly/497jdd5

@columbusfreepress.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @peacedominicans.bsky.social
Save Ohio Parks and Wildlife Areas - Simply Living
Guest Blog by Cathy Cowan Becker Ohio is blessed with 76 state parks and over 750,000 acres of wildlife land managed by the Department of Natural Resources. You’ve likely visited some of them – Ohioan...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
ICYMI: SB 136 allows carbon capture and storage (CCS) to endanger Ohioans' property rights, health and water.

Pore space under your land can be taken without your consent. Randi Pokladnik @cleveland.com: bit.ly/3LtX3sg

@chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @cbusrealtors.bsky.social @movca.bsky.social
Carbon capture and storage bill will put Ohio communities at risk: Randi Pokladnik
Granting primacy to the ODNR for CO2 wells is especially worrisome, given the current lawsuit filed against ODNR’s permitting process of Class II oil and gas brine injection wells near Marietta, write...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Monsanto-written research claiming glyphosate weedkiller was safe-- despite links to cancer-- is retracted from prominent international scientific journal after two Harvard researchers request a review. @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social i @nytimes.com: bit.ly/49m0s4a

@chrisrgibbs.bsky.social
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign.

Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world.

This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt.
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Amid what's expected to be a slower year for electric vehicles in America, Toyota will debut two new battery-powered models. This one is expected to start under $35,000.

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Toyota's Most Promising Affordable EV Arrives This Year
The 2026 Toyota C-HR could be one of the most promising EVs to debut this year. Here's why this affordable model could be what a lot of buyers are looking for.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
S.B 136 would give Ohio DNR approval of Class VI carbon capture and storage (CCS) wells in Ohio.

With pending lawsuit over Marietta injection well water contamination, why endanger our water even more? Randi Pokladnik for @cleveland.com: bit.ly/3LtX3sg

@dispatch.com @neosierraclub.bsky.social
Carbon capture and storage bill will put Ohio communities at risk: Randi Pokladnik
Granting primacy to the ODNR for CO2 wells is especially worrisome, given the current lawsuit filed against ODNR’s permitting process of Class II oil and gas brine injection wells near Marietta, write...
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January 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Ohio politicians react to Venezuelan military invasion: Holly Souther @journalnews.bsky.social: bit.ly/3Nasx7e

@saveohioparks.bsky.social take: Operation was meant to distract from falling poll numbers from Epstein and failing Ukraine negotiations.

Plus Big Oil payback for 2024 donations.
What Ohio politicians are saying about the US strike on Venezuela
The United States attacked Venezuela early Saturday and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after months of stepped-up pressure.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Big Oil paid $219 M total to U.S. candidates during the 2024 presidential election year, including to those who didn't win, says Open Secrets.

Most of it went to Republicans. Karin Kirk @yalee360.bsky.social: bit.ly/49gF1BG

@ohdems.bsky.social @scotusblog.com @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million to elect the new U.S. government » Yale Climate Connections
Most of that money went to Republicans.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
We’d love to see a copy of the report cited in the story.

Who wrote it? Who paid for it to be written? What proofs, research and studies are included in it?

Because a county commissioner may be tired of a topic isn't a good reason to dismiss it.

@drpeggy70.bsky.social @movca.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Marietta residents start the new year with renewed gas & oil injection well concerns regarding earthquakes and drinking water threats. Jess Mancini MariettaTimes: bit.ly/49BGHHk

Ohio DNR halted fracking in Noble County last year due to increased quakes.

@movca.bsky.social @signalohio.bsky.social
Seismic shift: Southeast Ohio sees earthquake numbers rise in 2025
The number of earthquakes in Southeast Ohio have greatly shot upward in the past year, according to a database kept by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Since Jan.1, 2025, at least 173 tremors...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Ohio EPA needs to get it right on data centers. Questions: Why can’t corporations building data centers pay for proper sewage and wastewater treatment systems?

Why do they need permits to begin with? Opinion Marietta Times: bit.ly/4pkyPPe

@healthylakes.org @ccbecker271.bsky.social
Don’t rush when it comes to water quality
Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period to Jan. 16 as it considers fast-tracking a general wastewater permit for new data centers in the Buckeye State. Right now,...
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January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Salmon River in Alaska is literally rusting. So are likely others in Canada, Russia, too.

The culprit? Permafrost thaw from global emissions. @alecluhn.com @sciam.bsky.social: bit.ly/3NDnidJ

Face facts, Pres. Trump, @jd-vance-1.bsky.social.

Stop politicizing climate change.
Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?
Streams in Alaska are turning orange with iron and sulfuric acid. Scientists are trying to figure out why
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January 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
In 2025, @saveohioparks.bsky.social's coalition asked Gov. Mike DeWine for a moratorium on fracking under Ohio state parks and public lands.

He ignored us.

In 2026, keep up on dangers fracking plays in Ohio, esp. waste management and data centers: bit.ly/42MTx2l

@indivcentraloh.bsky.social
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 new and pending nominations, bids, and leases to frack Ohio’s belov…
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January 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Happy New Year. Start it off right. Tell Ohio EPA to do its job and protect Ohio water quality.

Comment by Jan. 16 on data centers allowed to discharge wastewater into our rivers and streams, lowering our water quality. bit.ly/3KLuDK8

@ccbecker271.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
Tell Ohio EPA: No general wastewater permits for Ohio data centers
The Ohio EPA's draft proposal would fast-track wastewater permits for data centers without reviews needed to ensure public health and safety.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
@alliancegreatlakes.bsky.social: Great Lakes region is unprepared to manage overlapping, competing demands leading to more water conflict-- from industries like data centers and semiconductor chip manufacturing. bit.ly/4sClfcX

@cleveland.com @toledoblade.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social
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December 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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✨2025 in review✨
Our report on water use revealed that the Great Lakes region is unprepared for new demands from major water users. We called for policies that protect both economic development and our water, sparking a national conversation about how we plan for the future. https://bit.ly/4qrC5cC
December 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@nrdc.org: EPA rule changes under Trump, Zeldin make it clear to polluters they can go about their business and not worry about EPA getting in their way. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/45qFArt

Who will stop them except the people?

@ssteingraber1.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
'Trump’s EPA' in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation
The Trump administration has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency, reversing pollution limits and promoting fossil fuels.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM