Declaring nuclear and natural gas are "clean" energies doesn't make it true. @saveohioparks.bsky.social on Ohio SB 294-- decades of poor state & federal government energy waste management endangers Ohioans' health, environment and planet. @pressreader.bsky.social: bit.ly/4bNxZHA

Federal regulators knew since early 1970s injection wells were a temporary solution to storing gas and oil waste. Justin Nobel @desmog.com: bit.ly/4aAdr3b Washington County injection well lawsuit mentioned in story. @senwhitehouse.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @berniemoreno.bsky.social

Lawsuits expected to ensue over EPA's cancellation of the endangerment finding. @alexguillen.bsky.social @politico.com: bit.ly/4crOiKk @senwhitehouse.bsky.social: "a massive transfer of wealth from electric utility ratepayers to Trump’s big fossil fuel donors.” @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

New Russia Township residents testified against a 622-acre zone change to accommodate an industrial site near the Lorain airport. The board nixed the zone by a 3-1 vote. @kristenmirand.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rvyI5n @ohcitizenaction.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Don't spike the fracking football for your Ohio Senate GOP boss yet, John Fortney. @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social says state ethics commission could still investigate complaint against @SenBrianChavez . Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4tr4fGZ @sarahedon.bsky.social

Curl up with your ipad and read pro and con testimony for Ohio SB 294, which would change energy siting policy and falsely declare nuclear and natural gas "clean" energies. bit.ly/4rLTihx @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

Ethics complaint against Sen. Brian Chavez doesn't move forward with state ethics commission. @megankhenry.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3MD7cU2 Was the vote along party lines? Is this an impartial entity, or a political one? @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Thank you to Rep. Christine Cockley and @twrader.bsky.social, who urge the OGLMC to reject fracking under Egypt Valley Wildlife Area. This land was meant to be protected, not turned into an industrial drilling site. @ohdems.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

America on climate change: 57% expect mass displacement of people; 58% believe it will seriously damage the global economy. @ballardjamie23.bsky.social @today.yougov.com: bit.ly/4r80rZp Yet only 16% think it will harm them personally. Our capacity to delude ourselves is heartbreakingly amazing.

@amazonnews.bsky.social claims it's working with utilities to "ensure reliable electricity while bringing carbon-free energy sources like solar and wind online." @signalohio.bsky.social bit.ly/3ZUxzYG @saveohioparks.bsky.social is eager to hear when that might be. @maxfilby.dispatch.com

What's the cost for accurate soil testing for Chillicothe? bit.ly/3ZoZlfN Sen. Jon Husted should ensure local children and families are protected from possible chemical contamination, not just throw money at a community during an election year. @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social

Much of Ohio water is contaminated by PFAS. Add to this chart toxic, radioactive wastewater brine leaking from gas and oil injection wells, huge cattle farms, and data center water degradation. We need more environmental regulation, not less. @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social

So far today I have submitted comments about fracking 🤬 but thanks @saveohioparks.bsky.social for making it easy. And I just called my two US senators about extending ACA subsidies. Democracy is about participation!

What people don’t tell you about Data Centers and what they want to do here with them is put the data center on the same “property” as a Natural Gas-plant that fuels the data centers. Data Centers don’t only burn through water, they also cause even more ecosystem death with the need for natural ⛽️.

In 1998, Texas' Guadalupe River flooded. Then fracking came. Now landowners worry oil tanks & waste could wash into local waters when the next one comes. @dylanbaddour.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4aBpzln Oil refineries are strung along the Ohio River. @amyactonoh.bsky.social

AEP is inflating the need for data centers. Customers are being asked to pay for a future that may never arrive, with forecasts treated like guaranteed demand-- driving real costs. @ethanhowl.bsky.social Utility Dive: bit.ly/4kpjqMC @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social

We keep up the climate fight in the hopes of saving some of the world we were born into. Reflection on the joys and beauty of snow in winter and #Olympic athletes trying to help save the planet: @billmckibben.bsky.social : bit.ly/4tFdbZo @thirdactoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

😟AI Dirty Secret: How the Data Center in Your Backyard Is Being Supported by the World’s Largest Petrochemical Companies www.momscleanairforce.org/another-ai-d... #AIDirtySecret #DataCenter @momscleanairforce.org

Washington County Commissioners have secret deal for a Waterford data center that could use 25% of local electricity. It may also include a natural gas plant. George Banziger, News and Sentinel: bit.ly/3NV3Fku Will gas come from fracking Ohio public lands? @kentksmith.bsky.social

Will Ohio lawmakers make data center developers pay their fair share for increased energy use and water depletion and degradation? @sarahedon.bsky.social Statehouse News Bureau: bit.ly/4asECwO @kentksmith.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @cclusa.org @movca.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social

Our colder, snowier winter this year doesn't mean climate change isn't happening. Arctic warming creates slower polar jet streams that send bitterly-cold Arctic air south into usually mild places like the US Gulf Coast. @climaterealityproject.org: bit.ly/4jOOlBx @thirdactoh.bsky.social

United Nations offers six ingredients for a recipe to save the planet. @unep.org: bit.ly/4te55Xe Investing in renewable energy is a huge one. @firstsolar.com @crainscleveland.bsky.social @jobsohio.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social @alexcoolidge.bsky.social @cleveland.com @kmkowalski.bsky.social

"D" on climate: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested $7.1 B in new fossil fuel and pipeline assets from 2024 to 2025, abandoning its net-zero commitment. Shift Action: bit.ly/4rBTG1Z Are Ohio's pension funds helping kill the planet? @alexcoolidge.bsky.social @crainscleveland.bsky.social

In 2022, a @washingtonpost.com editor called climate change "perhaps this century's biggest story." Owner Jeff Bezos is laying off 14 climate reporters, part of a cost-cutting move axing 300 journalists— 30% of all employees. Sammy Roth Climate Colored Goggles: bit.ly/4qdZAFd @dispatch.com

Who's behind fake comments in Crossroads Solar project? @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4ada2XI Who benefits if the project is killed? A state allowing corruption is corrupt. @ccbecker271.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social

How are other states dealing with data centers? Moratoriums, higher owner energy pricing and laws to make them pay their fair share. Kevin Hardy @stateline.org: bit.ly/45Tf9em @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

This is just the beginning. Climate change is here. Minute Maid orange juice, a breakfast staple for generations of Americans, is going away. Competition and skyrocketing prices due to poor weather in Brazil and Florida aided the decision. Dee-Ann Durbin @apnews.com : bit.ly/4a44Ma0

watch "Ohio Confidential," part one of the "Dark Money Game" on HBO.

@firstsolar.com poll says Republicans, Independents who lean Republican, and Trump voters like solar, while 79% think energy projects should survive on their own merits. Peter Krouse @cleveland.com: bit.ly/4kn8grJ @ccbecker271.bsky.social @neosierraclub.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social

This play could be a mega-hit in the U.S. Ronald Blum @apnews.com : bit.ly/3ZdejFA Never mind Peoria-- would it play in Ohio? @cincyshakes.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @playhousesquare.bsky.social @citybeatcincy.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social

Ramping up fossil fuels in Ohio and the world puts us on a trajectory of 2.5 degrees warming. We're approaching tipping points for the Amazon rainforest; the Greenland Ice Sheet; tropical coral reefs and, crucially, the #AMOC. @pik-potsdam.bsky.social LI: bit.ly/4chO4oW @thirdactoh.bsky.social

HB 6 bribery trial of two former FirstEnergy execs begins. Adam Ferrise @cleveland.com : bit.ly/3NOAijP @saveohioparks.bsky.social is eager to see what will be revealed. Will justice prevail? @ohdems.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social @energyandpolicy.org

Authoritarianism is fueled by fossil fuel dollars because it's better for fossil fuel business. @emorwee.bsky.social Heated: bit.ly/4qjFSIp Another reason to stop fracking Ohio's state parks and public lands. @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social

Recent glorious snow days could become the coldest of their lives for those 30 and under. @borenbears.bsky.social @apnews.com: bit.ly/3O8uuS9 @saveohioparks.bsky.social blames Gov. DeWine, OOGA and Sen. Brian Chavez for their parts in furthering Ohio's corrupt, dirty and dangerous FF energy policy.

From Texas to Wisconsin we are sacrificing our water quality forever in exchange for making some corporate executives rich now.

Oh, dear. We thought the U.S. invasion of Venezuela was about drug traffickers threatening the U.S., not a way for the federal administration to make money. @mikesoraghan.bsky.social E&E News @politico.com: bit.ly/3MkYKZt @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social

A Stella, Wis. resident tested her well water and found it had cancer-causing PFAS levels of 11,500 parts per trillion. The safe zone is 4. No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES @drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org

Ohio DNR offers Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in Belmont County for fracking. @saveohioparks.bsky.social: bit.ly/45K1O83 Ohio won't stop fracking Ohio state parks, public lands until we stop them-- by electing lawmakers who prize the environment, not monetize and desecrate it.

From women’s suffrage to abolition, from civil rights to labor, young people have consistently been at the forefront of change. Vada Stephens Enquirer: bit.ly/4agefLn Register. Vote. Organize. Hold leaders accountable. Run for office. @ohdems.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social

The U.N. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) offers a stark vision of the decades to come. bit.ly/4qPeBhT Why are Ohio lawmakers ignoring the truth about fossil fuels and fracking? Censorship: X.com platform would not accept this link. @ohdems.bsky.social @spj-posts.bsky.social @apnews.com

ICYMI: No state but Ohio fracks its state parks and public lands. @saveohioparks.bsky.social: bit.ly/4a3TNvV Why do Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Brian Chavez frack Ohio when public lands were set aside for the use and enjoyment of all? Follow the money, PUCO and Ohio voters. @energyandpolicy.org

HB 6, Ohio's largest soap opera and corruption trial begins. Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Jon Husted are listed witnesses. @morgantrau.bsky.social @wews.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rr50Oq Voters: Did your energy rates go up? @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Geothermal is clean, renewable energy both political parties can like as natural gas prices soar 60%. Jenni Doering @livingonearthradio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qmxc48 A great way for gas & oil to transition from fracking state parks and public lands. @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

[email protected] rule allows drilling, fracking in national forests. Forests provide clean air, water, recreation and more, but Trump has no interest in protecting these values, says @wilderness.org. @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4btQyQR @altusfs.altgov.info @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

6,000-acre Texas ranch owner sues 8 gas & oil companies for leaking injection wells contaminating his land and groundwater. @psskow.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4q82BqE Ohio faces this with its lax gas & oil waste regulation and poor storage management. @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social

Trump pick for Federal Reserve ignores climate risks. Yet banks face financial risks from extreme weather-related bankruptcies and insurance fleeing markets. Nick Kusnetz @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/3ZH2UOj @crainscleveland.bsky.social @alexcoolidge.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

Ethics complaint signed against Ohio energy committee chair Sen. Brian Chavez. He owns orphan well-plugging business and failed to disclose finances properly, says constituent water group. @sarahedon.bsky.social Statehouse News Bureau: bit.ly/49OKIs4 @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Ohio's oil and gas commission broke the law by rubberstamping more fracking under Ohio public lands. Rosalind Gauchat LTE: @cleveland.com: bit.ly/4kamIDo @saveohioparks.bsky.social has complained of this for almost 3 years. Why won't lawmakers listen? @commoncauseohio.bsky.social

U.S. is set to increase natural gas capacity 50% with projected AI data center projects dominated by natural gas power. @olliemilman.bsky.social @theguardian.com: bit.ly/3LUcWIT Trump's fossil fuel energy policy makes the U.S. the world's top climate villain. @davidpepperoh.bsky.social