Ohio DNR's Mary Mertz tells WOSU she wants young people to fall in love with Ohio's gorgeous state parks featured in new IMAX docu film. bit.ly/3WMkDCE No mention how the same Gov. Mike DeWine promoting these parks also fracks them. @ohiocitizen.org @twrader.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com

I was glad to be with other @saveohioparks.bsky.social folks for the state parks IMAX movie. What a great and caring group! #DontFrackOurParks

OH Supreme Court to decide on upholding approval of 6,000-acre Oak Run solar-- a @billgates.bsky.social investor project. @dispatch.com: bit.ly/3JrzsHT We need solar over parking lots, on Ohio flat roofs over schools, warehouses and data centers, too. @ccbecker271.bsky.social

UN's Antonio Guterres warns COP30 in Brazil missing 1.5° C warming limit is "red line" for habitable planet. Fossil fuel companies prevent progress. @theguardian.com: bit.ly/4oyq3xm Ohio lawmakers who frack Ohio are climate villains, too. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social

Interview starts about 8 minutes in. The guys at the Hilliard Beacon did a great job! HB 15 has forced a 73 MW gas fuel cell to power a data center on an unsuspecting community with no public hearing - just as I said it would. This will emit 1.45 million lbs of CO2 per day. More here.

[email protected] ' Cathy Cowan Becker on Ohio energy law benefitting oil and gas by squeezing community ability to respond to data centers powered by polluting natural gas. Hilliard Beacon: bit.ly/3LO4xpG @journalnews.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @neosierraclub.bsky.social

Inspired by how manta rays feed, three Case Western University friends developed a dryer filter to reduce microplastic shed on clothing. Now it and University of Akron are are investing. @devinnunnari.bsky.social Burning River News: bit.ly/4opVRo4 @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @cleveland.com

[email protected] friend Nate Murray created an inspiring docu film on two friends traveling the country talking to people helping to save the planet. Help him raise $20,000 to finish. Trailer: bit.ly/3JyDtKD @thirdactoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @cincynature.bsky.social

Thank you, @ccbecker271.bsky.social of @saveohioparks.bsky.social, @kentksmith.bsky.social, Sen. Bill DeMora, who questioned Sub SB 219 hearing wording on gas & oil industry cleanup liability. Begin min. 18:16: bit.ly/4oR9AUy @nckevns.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social @sarahedon.bsky.social

100+ water groups from Pennsylvania to Mississippi River form Ohio River Basin Coalition to protect water quality in 12+ states and 40 tribal nations: Indiana Public Broadcasting: bit.ly/4osULbe @neosierraclub.bsky.social @chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social

Last-minute Ohio 3,156-page budget told EPA to cut emissions protection from Clean Air Act plan. Environmentalists want it back: @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4opJsQW Deja vu with HB 507, which fracks Ohio public lands. @healthylakes.org @sustainableytown.bsky.social

Ohioans face more potential air and water contamination with Big Oil's latest money grab: Carbon Capture Sequestration and Storage. Register for Nov. 6 webinar: @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social @healthylakes.org @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @sarahedon.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social

Data centers and drought: 78% of Harrison County water used in 2023 was for fracking. 70% of Carroll County water used in 2023 went to fracking, too. Randi Pokladnik @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3WZcLhc @twrader.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social @chrisrgibbs.bsky.social

VOTE today for local and state candidates who commit to protecting our democracy, our freedoms and our state parks and public lands. We need a second hearing on HB 399-- to ban fracking in state parks and Lake Erie. @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

HB 170 mirrors what Ohio does now as it fracks our public lands: Forces landowners to allow CO2 storage projects under private property without consent; shifts liability to taxpayers; blocks local governments from protecting communities. @joshsweigart.bsky.social @lbischoff.bsky.social

It's early stages for proposed Hamilton and Trenton data centers. @journalnews.bsky.social: bit.ly/3Jj9wOC Do Ohioans understand the spectrum of health and environmental harms of data centers run on fossil fuels fracked from our public lands? @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @lbischoff.bsky.social

If you read one data center story this year, this is it. Read to end for what locals say about data centers in their communities. @newyorker.com: bit.ly/3JIwCOF @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @eringlynn.bsky.social @jbalmert.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

[email protected] volunteers gave brochures to visitors to Union Terminal in Cincinnati yesterday. We say what Gov. DeWine won't admit: fracking state parks negates IMAX film conservation claims. @wvxu.org @citybeatcincy.bsky.social @wlwt.bsky.social @local12.bsky.social @fox19.com

Prologis wants 141-acre data center in Trenton. Hamilton residents are already protesting one. @bryndippoldjn.bsky.social @wcpo9news.bsky.social: bit.ly/47CCtgm Lawmakers jumped on the data center wagon before knowing their true costs. @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @journalnews.bsky.social

Scary, comprehensive story on the data center boom by Stephen Witt @newyorker.com: bit.ly/3JIwCOF It doesn't look good for Ohioans' health, farms or planet. @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @greglandsman.bsky.social @bryndippoldjn.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

Tell the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission: No fracking at Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area. Choose Nomination 25-DNR-0002. Submit your comment by Nov. 13: bit.ly/47hH5IJ @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social @columbusfreepress.bsky.social @green-umbrella.bsky.social

With his long track record of buddying up to climate change deniers like Bjorn Lomborg, @billgates.bsky.social is not the one to be listening to about climate change. @billmckibben.bsky.social : bit.ly/4926mJz @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

Help spread the word about @saveohioparks.bsky.social. We work to ban fracking under state parks and Lake Erie. Sustainable gifts, with profits going to our education efforts. bit.ly/3WGOXOZ @healthylakes.org @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @butlercountydemsoh.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Just saying it's clean doesn't make it so.

Hey @awscloud.bsky.social Take note

Ohio oil & gas wants to turn Carbon Sequestration and Capture (CCS) into its next big payday-- confiscating private property for use, like it does with fracking. Learn more Nov. 6: @signalohio.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @lbischoff.bsky.social @nckevns.bsky.social

S.B. 294 is sponsored by oil & gas buddies Sens. George Lang, Mark Romanchuk. Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qSbAOz No Happy Halloween today. Ohio energy policy is a horror show for our health, environment & planet. @energyandpolicy.org @fractracker.bsky.social @healthylakes.org

Oklahoma regulators warned for years toxic gas & oil waste was leaking into groundwater. But state government "preferred to lead with a handshake rather than a hammer." @readfrontier.bsky.social @propublica.org: bit.ly/4okYOq3 Sounds like Ohio. @twrader.bsky.social @dispatch.com

Data centers use large amounts of PFAS-gas linked to cancer, birth defects, kidney disease and host of other illnesses. Ph.D. and chemist Randi Pokladnik for @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3WZcLhc @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @duanepohlman.bsky.social

[email protected] educates Ohioans on health, environmental and planet harms from fracking state parks and public lands. Destroying biodiversity and accelerating climate change will affect our finances, too. @crainscleveland.bsky.social @dispatch.com @toledonews.bsky.social @wvxu.org

On AI: Batteries can shift solar generation to compete with gas plants in the evening, when energy demand rises. If data centers pull less power during high demand. Julian Spector @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/3WVzhHF @aepnews.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @poweracleanfuture.bsky.social

A ban on fracking natural gas from state parks and Lake Erie-- HB 399-- deserves a second hearing. Call Rep. Monica Blasdel at (614)466-8022 and ask for one today: bit.ly/4nw9lNT @drpeggy70.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

Hilliard resident started citizen petition against world's second-largest fuel cell-powered data center. Amazon, @aepnews.bsky.social and Ohio GOP want 73MW center powered by fracked natural gas: @nbc4i.com: bit.ly/4oppAgI Speak out, Ohio! @ccbecker271.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

Your reminder that US fracking operations are driving spikes in global methane emissions, data centers are driving demand for fracking, and futuristic AI runs on atavistic light-shit-on-fire tech which has IRL health and climate impacts. Shorter: We’re blowing up America’s bedrock for AI slop.

A ban on fracking natural gas from state parks and Lake Erie-- HB 399-- deserves a second hearing. Call Rep. Monica Blasdel at (614)466-8022 and ask for one today: bit.ly/4nw9lNT @drpeggy70.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

Marietta seeks seismologist to help study drinking water contamination from migrating oil and gas waste from injection wells. News and Sentinel: bit.ly/4qzcmj7 That citizens have to do this speaks volumes about Ohio's "safe" regulation of oil and gas. @ccbecker271.bsky.social @dispatch.com

More cancer, asthma, COPD, infertility likely from Amazon, @aepnews.bsky.social data center C02 emissions in Hilliard. Natural gas is likely to come from fracked Ohio public lands. Learn more @saveohioparks.bsky.social. bit.ly/3Qts26r @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social

Hilliard, Ohio resident is behind citizen petition against world's second-largest data center. 600 signatures already. Amazon, @aepnews.bsky.social and Ohio GOP want 73 MW center powered by fracked natural gas: @nbc4i.com: bit.ly/4oppAgI @ccbecker271.bsky.social @columbusfreepress.bsky.social

Midwest data centers: Tech companies want access to our land. Our infrastructure, energy and water. Don't give it up for nothing, or in a way that hurts our communities. @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/4qvDPlK @ccbecker271.bsky.social @maxfilby.dispatch.com @journalnews.bsky.social

Dirty, flammable oil and gas pollutes the air, water and soil-- and endangers people. Cheaper, reliable renewable energy does not. @jobsohio.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @berniemoreno.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social

Hilliard residents protest massive C02-emitting Amazon and @aepnews.bsky.social data center near homes and schools. City appeal: "It's not a data center. It's a power plant with a data center attached to it." Verbal Corvo: bit.ly/4oAHY61 @fractracker.bsky.social @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social

South Australia wind power generates 150 percent of needed energy. Renew Economy: bit.ly/3Lb85lR Ohio needs cheap, renewable energy, too. It's time to change. @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @dispatch.com @columbusfreepress.bsky.social @nbc4i.com @sarahedon.bsky.social

AMOC slowdown spells global disaster: @rahmstorf.bsky.social warns world current its collapse would dramatic cooling in Europe and 6-foot sea level rise along Atlantic coasts. This is information every lawmaker and citizen needs to know. China Water Risk: bit.ly/3LgrmCd @berniemoreno.bsky.social

Make your voices heard, Hilliard. Attend the planning & zoning meeting tonight to state your opinion on data centers fueled by fracked gas emitting CO2-- in your neighborhoods. Sign the petition now: bit.ly/3WrSQHx @ccbecker271.bsky.social @columbusfreepress.bsky.social @sarahedon.bsky.social

Ohio lawmakers should NOT permit fracked gas power plants to power Amazon, AEP data centers. Ohio needs a sane energy plan-- including renewables. @ccbecker271.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4qpHnpP @nickieantonio.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social

Hilliard residents up in arms over Amazon, AEP fuel cell-powered data center going into their neighborhoods. Emissions estimated at 1 M pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) per day. @nbc4i.com: bit.ly/3Wpt2f6 @ohiocapitaljournal.com @maxfilby.dispatch.com @ccbecker271.bsky.social @sarahedon.bsky.social

From aiding veterans to @saveohioparks.bsky.social volunteer, Robert Kincses improves the world. He’s featured in @cincynature.bsky.social ’s "The Ripple.”https://bit.ly/4qrT8fh Our favorite advice from him: “Smile and be surprised." @daytondailynews.com

Radiation exposure effects accumulate over time, endangering our health, soils and water. Randi Pokladnik writes on HB 439– to prohibit gas and oil waste brine-spreading on Ohio roads. Your Ohio News: bit.ly/4ovTNdJ @twrader.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

Vote YES Nov. 6 for the #ColumbusCommunityBillofRights. We can live AI data centers. We can live without new boat slips at state parks. We can't live without clean drinking water. youtu.be/1zBEjRefh5Qs... @ohdems.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @healthylakes.org

I miss when I was just regular sad about the world—before 3 AM tweets from the president, before watching safety nets dissolve and genocide get a PR team. When people say they miss simpler times, my generation really means before all this.