Look what's new at Salt Fork State Park. Just in time for the Great Ohio Climate March May 16-28. bit.ly/414DGdp @julie-g.bsky.social @thirdactoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

Trenton family offered $8.25 M for 110 acres of 900-acre family farm by AI data center developer Prologis. They turned it down: @bryndippoldjn.bsky.social @journalnews.bsky.social: bit.ly/3NKJKoJ Ohio lawmakers want data centers run on natural gas fracked from state parks and public lands.

20 years ago, sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein paid gynecologist Mark B. Landon $100,000 a year. OSU investigates his ties to Columbus billionaire Les Wexner. @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4maxla0 Excellent journalism deserves your financial support: bit.ly/48qjbfi

Residents ask Butler County Commissioners to pause 250 MW Trenton data center. But Ohio counties exec says counties have limited authority in unincorporated areas where county rural zoning is adopted. @denisecallahan.bsky.social @journalnews.bsky.social: bit.ly/4m9m5Le @ccbecker271.bsky.social

HB 6 FirstEnergy exec bribery mistrial analysis by Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social : bit.ly/47IrvH3 Some jurors were linear thinkers unwilling or unable to read between the lines when it came to "actors who know not to be too explicit when structuring a bribe." @energyandpolicy.org

Stanford University study calculates economic loss and damage caused by fossil fuel companies. Tool looked at gross domestic product (GDP, estimating how climate change affects farming, health, workplace productivity. HattyWillmoth @sciencefocus.bsky.social: bit.ly/4v3h9eR @amyactonoh.bsky.social

In 2022, Gov. DeWine said he wanted Ohio state parks to be best in the nation. In 2023, he fracked them-- along with wildlife areas, ODOT rights-of-way, even a prison. @andrewkingcbus.bsky.social @axios.com: bit.ly/41GOwXq @ohiocapitaljournal.com @sarahedon.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Asheville, Ohio (pop. 4,800) sits on top of an aquifer. EdgeConnex wants to build an 800 MW data center there. @erinbrockovich.bsky.social coaches locals on what to ask and what to do: bit.ly/4coXtKb @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com @dispatch.com

97 percent of actively-publishing climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. A list of organizations that agree is here. NASA: bit.ly/4bUTUed @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social @thirdactoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

How do we keep Ohio from skewing elections with gerrymandered voting districts? Let's keep watch on Montana. @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @signalohio.bsky.social @indivcentraloh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @energyandpolicy.org @canarymedia.com

Increased exposure to fracking impacts children's health specifically, with low birth weights, preterm births, congenital anomalies, and asthma, says Yale School of Medicine. @megankhenry.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/415F0wY @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Trump's "God Squad" wants to choose which marine animals go extinct so gas and oil donors can drill off Gulf Coast. @kileyprice.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4v6dmh5 These appointees are temporary stewards of the U.S., not owners. They should not decide. @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Wish we were fooling, but we're not. SoftBank $33 B, $9.3 GW data center in Piketon is in area with cancer clusters and early death rate of 107 times U.S. average. Aaron Clark Insurance Journal: bit.ly/3O3Q7U2 @duanepohlman.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

What will be the local and regional respiratory health impact from a coal-burning Cleveland Cliffs steel plant AND a 250 MW Trenton data center? Is OhioEPA watching? Are Ohio GOP and @ohdems.bsky.social concerned? @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

Trenton Planning Commission approves 250 MW "Mila" data center in 10-minute meeting, with no audience questions or comments allowed. Council discussion is Thursday. Jay Shakur @wcpo9news.bsky.social: bit.ly/4cgkGiv @amyactonoh.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

NASA study shifts to space, denying climate change. Cuts cause climate expert to exit. @eniiler.bsky.social @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4dQ4wO7 @saveohioparks.bsky.social: expensive distraction from Iran War; ICE cruelty; dysfunctional Congress; Trump / @jd-vance-1.bsky.social disapproval-- & Epstein.

Oil and Gas Land Management Commission opens more Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Valley land for fracking. Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4sZNZw1 Rubberstamp vote was despite hundreds of citizen comments against industrializing these lands. @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Trenton Planning Commission agenda tonight to discuss AI data center says meeting begins at 6 p.m. Yet meetings are usually 7 p.m. Which is correct? bit.ly/413e7tl Confusing for citizens concerned about energy, water use and polluting air emissions. @journalnews.bsky.social @wvxu.org

Middletown residents are angry Trump / @jd-vance-1.bsky.social cut $500 M grant to help Cleveland Cliffs go green with steel manufacturing. Plant is ranked among Ohio top 10 emitters of dangerous emissions. @stephenstarr.bsky.social @theguardian.com bit.ly/3NBMGUx @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social

Hardest hit Papua New Guinea communities affected by massive marine life die-off are near palm oil plantations where fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are widely used. Teresa Tomassoni @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4lVuKAK @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @healthylakes.org

@saveohioparks.bsky.social: Gas to power data centers will come from the only unfracked land left in Ohio – parks & wildlife areas. Billions of gallons of toxic, radioactive frack waste will be injected into injection wells in places like Washington County, where it leaks, threatening drinking H20.

Barry Blankenship, Woodsdale and Trenton Water Resistance (W.A.T.E.R) at oil and gas meeting: State leaders need to recognize seriousness of data center buildout-- stop hiding behind NDAs, stop dismissing legitimate concerns, and govern with transparency, honesty and respect.

$33 B Softbank data center powered by natural gas fracked from Ohio public lands will emit 16-19 M metric tons of CO2 a year, on par with emissions from 3.8 million gas cars over a year of driving. bit.ly/3O3Q7U2 @amyactonoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social

Fracking Ohio is far from over: former @saveohioparks.bsky.social intern birddogged commissioner Jim McGregor after the meeting. There is no input from objective scientists who study the real impacts on fracking. bit.ly/3NRgU5N @ccbecker271.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social

It took only 18 minutes for Oil and Gas Land Management Commissioners to rubberstamp Ohio DNR counsel to frack more of Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area-- 14 square miles equal to Gov. DeWine's entire Xenia hometown. Brendan McNamara WTRF News7: bit.ly/4rYZNx2

37-degree temps with winds, and some volunteers over 80 y/o, yet Columbus Public Safety refused @saveohioparks.bsky.social inside the building to hold a press conference. It said it had no space available. It lied. Disrespectful behavior for agency supposed to protect and serve.

Will Ohio's oil and gas commission frack another 9,000 acres at Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area? Join @saveohioparks.bsky.social and find out at noon rally and 1 p.m. oil and gas commission meeting today. @sarahedon.bsky.social @wosupublicmedia.bsky.social @nbc4i.com

Ohio citizen group okayed to ask voters to change Ohio Constitution to ban data centers. Mary Frances McGowan @cleveland.com: bit.ly/4uS1AXm Work begins to obtain 413,000 signatures before July. Just keep Frank LaRose mitts off it. @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

Cleveland Cliffs was set to replace Middletown coal-based blast furnace with green steel. Now it wants to revert to coal and pollute the air for 20 years more. @mariagallucci.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/41BMisd Welcome to JD Vance's hometown. @ohdems.bsky.social

1,337 Ohioans sent comments telling oil and gas commission to deny fracking 8,300 acres under Salt Fork SP and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area. Emails are great; people persuade. Join us March 27 at noon to rally for Ohio state parks and public lands! @twrader.bsky.social @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

Power siting board admits fake comments influenced nixing Ohio agrivoltaic solar project. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4bL0VhI How do you spell "corruption?" Who do we tag for justice except Ohio voters? @amyactonoh.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social

@ohdems.bsky.social want natural gas and oil drilling tax hiked to 7%, creating $150 annual credit for Ohioans to fight increasing utility costs. @nckevns.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/40YTmiv Current rate is .2 to 1% tax. Why is it so low? @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Prologis backpedals to placate Trenton citizen concerns over massive AI data center's pollution and water, energy use. March 30 meeting planned. Isabel Nissley @wvxu.org: bit.ly/4d9iACe What about increased cancer, respiratory illnesses from natural gas emissions? @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social

Ohio Power Siting Board admits its rules allow for "anonymous" comments when deciding on an energy project. Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lMQ63e Fake comments are accepted by OPSB? This is very wrong. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social

Proposed law would rein in @jobsohio.bsky.social autonomy as its role in Ohio State University president and podcast scandal is revealed. @nckevns.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/40ODnUd @twrader.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @crainscleveland.bsky.social

Experimental drone missile production starting months ahead of schedule? I’m sure there’s nothing to be concerned about here. Can’t wait for them to start testing them over the metro area….

@saveohioparks.bsky.social needs YOU in Columbus March 27 to help tell Gov. DeWine commission: Deny fracking 9,000 acres at Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Wildlife Area. Decision could lock in fracking Ohio public lands to run massive, polluting data centers. @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

Show Ohio and the world how you feel about President Trump. His Iran war? Pushing fossil fuels and gutting protection of clean air and water? ICE violence? Bring a poster and your voice Saturday, March 28. #NoKings. bit.ly/4d1fn7A

Ice core samples say West Antarctic Ice Sheet may disappear sooner than expected-- before 2050. Bob Berwyn @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4t6tvRH Will your family honor your memory-- or blame you for a selfish love of fossil fuels? Why don't you act now? Join us: bit.ly/3KMexwD

Local activism and zoning control can help stop or protect communities against onslaught of polluting data center development across Ohio. Coalition for Responsible Development on Facebook: bit.ly/4bMg4zp @healthylakes.org @drpeggy70.bsky.social @signalohio.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

ODNR seeks to rename 128 Pickaway County acres "Trump Wildlife Preserve." Jake_Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4suUt5E Agency is tone-deaf in our divided political climate. It fracks public lands it's supposed to protect. @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Researchers: U.S. dredging projects, increased military infrastructure and live firing ranges harm accelerate coral reef collapse. Johnny Sturgeon @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/3PubFJM @berniemoreno.bsky.social @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social

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Will natural gas fracked from 9,000 acres at Salt Fork SP and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area be used to run Ohio data centers? Help us tell the state to deny fracking more of Ohio's pristine public lands March 27: bit.ly/oglmc3-27 @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

What would Marietta look like without injection wells? Cleaner water, for one thing. Barbara Stewart pushes back on API's Matt Dole gas and oil industry disinformation. Marietta Times: bit.ly/4cYxlHV @athensindy.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com @drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org

While war in Iran drives up the cost of nearly everything, people turn to renewable energy and EVs. Gas and oil propaganda is trying to discourage them, says U.S. climate change guru @senwhitehouse.bsky.social. @leehedgepeth.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4dAm80g @spj-posts.bsky.social

@thirdactoh.bsky.social plans Great Ohio Climate March May 16-28 to educate Ohioans on natural gas fracking and push for legislation ramping up cheaper, reliable, emissions-free renewable energy. Marietta Times: bit.ly/3Pn6v2e @ohiocapitaljournal.com @signalohio.bsky.social @julie-g.bsky.social

@saveohioparks.bsky.social response: Jobs Ohio has focused in the past on attracting fossil fuel fracking energy infrastructure to Ohio. @jbalmert.bsky.social @dispatch.com: bit.ly/4bIX5FP How many jobs has it created for renewable energy since 2011? @jpelzer.bsky.social @toledonews.bsky.social

Local press on massive Piketon data center: It's on contaminated federal land in a rural Appalachian community with high cancer rates and early death rates 107% higher than the national average. @jasonsalley.bsky.social Scioto Valley Guardian: bit.ly/4dAjho6 @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @apnews.com

Wellington joins growing list of Ohio communities passing moratorium on AI data centers. Mayor says action is proactive and preserves farmland and rural way of life. Katie Ussin WEWS: bit.ly/4sRJAdS @cleveland.com @sarahedon.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social @signalohio.bsky.social