It is confirmed that the two network giants will not air President Trump’s primetime address to the nation tonight.

A warehouse cleanup has raised serious questions after the property owner and former business owner say they don’t know what materials were left behind — or whether any of it could be hazardous. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

SunCoke won approval to keep “technical specifications” confidential. Are they only trade secrets—or something affecting environmental oversight?

#BREAKING | It is confirmed! A data center is coming to the former Chillicothe paper mill property. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Yesterday, electricity use across parts of the PJM grid—was several gigawatts higher than expected. That pushed power prices higher and created bottlenecks on transmission lines. PJM is expecting demand to jump by nearly 15 gigawatts tomorrow evening.

PJM is preparing for a possible power crisis this week as an epic heatwave looms over the region. The grid operator is asking the DOE to grant emergency powers to suspend emission rules and force data centers onto backup generators. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

The company knew. State regulators knew. Yet 7 years later, a Dayton chemical plant is still failing to contain toxic runoff, newly released EPA records show. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Ohio EPA monitoring of Cheyenne Resources coal mine to send water discharge reports was automatic emails. @jasonsalley.bsky.social The Fallout Files: bit.ly/4uRUfFS Lax water monitoring isn't environmental protection; it's permission to pollute. @drpeggy70.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Are corporations burying their waste in your backyard? Is your local water supply looking strange? 🛢️ We want the stories they don't want told. The Fallout Files is officially opening our confidential inbox for your environmental news tips. Send your documents and leads to [email protected]. 📁📸

Dubai company wants to fill Canton wetlands and streams for a data center. @jasonsalley.bsky.social The Fallout Files substack: bit.ly/4xvHqUv Will Ohio EPA allow it? Where's the limit to Ohio's "open for business" mantra? Foreign companies, too? @maxfilby.dispatch.com @signalohio.bsky.social

The Ohio A.G.’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached a proposed settlement with OhioHealth that would bar the central Ohio health system from enforcing contract terms restricting how insurers help patients find lower-cost care. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/jnewsohi...

330,000 gallons of untreated sewage hit a stream in Montgomery County this month after a contractor's bypass pump failed — then failed again. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

A Dubai-based real estate giant wants to fill streams and wetlands in Stark County for a new data center — Project Gold Jacket. Here is what we know about the project. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Anduril's Lattice--developed in Columbus-- can now successfully kill by AI-- no human decisions required. It received $848 M in Ohio state subsidies in 2025. @jasonsalley.bsky.social The Fallout Files: bit.ly/4e1eL1 Ohio GOP wants, supports this. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

The Ohio EPA insists its inspectors don’t sign NDAs — so why are companies greeting them at the door with one anyway?

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Just a reminder come election time.

The permit is signed. The mitigation money is paid. And the community that showed up, submitted comments by the dozens, and asked Ohio EPA to do its job — got nothing. FULL STORY HERE - thefalloutfiles.substack.com/p/ohio-epa-a...

Ohio passed a bill — unanimously in both chambers — that lets companies pump carbon dioxide into the ground beneath Ohio farmland, and force unwilling landowners to participate if 70 percent of neighbors agree. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Section 224 could lock Israel deeper into America’s military future by expanding access to sensitive technologies and embedding cooperation into defense systems critics warn may be politically and operationally difficult to undo once built in.

#BREAKING | Hazmat crews are on scene in Butler County after a truck spilled 275 gallons of sulfuric acid near West Chester Road and Barrett Road. Roads are closed. Officials say they are working to keep the chemical out of nearby waterways. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Surveillance cameras caught SOS Junk Removal trucks, in Summit County, pulling into vacant lots loaded with trash — and leaving with them empty. Now, two men and the business are facing criminal indictments. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

The former CEO of FirstEnergy and the utility's top external affairs executive have been reindicted on corruption charges after a jury deadlocked in March. 22 felony counts. Bribery. Racketeering. False ethics disclosures. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

EKC Advanced Electronics USA, LLC, just received official EPA approval to burn hazardous waste at the DuPont plant in Circleville. The hazardous waste will be used to fuel two waste process heaters.

We have the latest update on the situation that happened yesterday at the city's water treatment plant. Below are the latest details from the mayor's office. Details here - thefalloutfiles.substack.com/p/breaking-c...

#BREAKING | Chlorine gas released at Akron water plant — 3 hospitalized, shelter‑in‑place issued. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

#BREAKING: Ohio has paused new rehab facility applications amid a statewide crackdown on fraud concerns.

More than 190,000 gallons of leachate spilled at a Mahoning County landfill in May, the state says. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

The agency that keeps America's nuclear plants safe is no longer independent. Trump fired a commissioner, cut its staff through DOGE, and is now fast-tracking reactor approvals by letting military-tested designs skip independent safety review. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Below are old aerial images of the B & E Landfill along Route 104 near the Ross/Pickaway County line. These images were taken prior to the state shutting it down and ordering cleanup of this toxic site. PPG and DuPont dumped their toxic waste here.

PPG's Circleville plant stored hazardous waste for 711 days and has a cancer-linked chemical in the groundwater. Ohio EPA's response? Let it turn off its pollution controls. Twice in seven months. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

House Bill 957, introduced May 27 by Rep. Tristan Rader, D-Lakewood, would amend state law to prohibit the Ohio Tax Credit Authority from entering into any new data center tax exemption agreements after October 1, 2026. freepress.org/article/ohio...

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The following maps come from the wetlands permit application. These are the wetland areas and waterways to be impacted by the Piketon data centers.

Who is backing your favorite candidate? The following graphic presents a breakdown of campaign finance data reported to the Federal Election Commission for both campaigns.

Last month, Centrus released its first‑quarter 2026 earnings report, offering a detailed look at the company’s financial performance. Detailed breakdown below:

DeWine paused new data center tax breaks last week. Now Ohio lawmakers want to make it permanent. HB 957, introduced May 27, would close the program to new applicants after October 1, 2026. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles sent out an alert for non-domiciled CDL holders in Ohio. Here is a breakdown of the recent announcement.

This hazardous waste facility sits less than a half mile from a Toledo water treatment plant. Let that sink in! FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Jackson County truck washing operation has not complied with a single requirement of an Ohio EPA enforcement order signed in February — now faces a second notice of violation. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Nearly 100 comments were submitted to the Ohio EPA regarding the proposed data center in Franklin Furnace, along the Ohio River. Read what some of the members of the community said in their comments regarding the wetlands permit. Link here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dPdD...

$33 B Piketon SoftBank project is huge complex of more than 12 data centers across Pike County, affecting farmland, wetlands, streams. @jasonsalley.bsky.social Fallout Files substack: bit.ly/4vookOh More pollution, more illness for Ohioans. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social

We have the maps. It is not one data center. It is dozens of individual data centers spread across multiple properties throughout Pike County. Details here - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Chillicothe, Ohio, has a 🤐 dirty secret - and it's buried beneath the factory that once made America's favorite cookware. 🥘🍳 Learn more about Wear-Ever. 📺 WATCH - Cooking up something toxic! The hidden cost of American-made. Link: youtu.be/Mb9zzaDBR0A?...

Did you know I made a documentary? Check out Piketon: Appalachia's Nuclear Nightmare. We premiered it last summer in Columbus. WATCH - youtu.be/U21vki0arD8?...

Ohio EPA found sulfuric acid dumped on the ground and chromium waste sitting in buildings more than a year after the owner told regulators that hazardous wastes had been properly disposed. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

A Ross County village wastewater plant was discharging pollution into Paint Creek at up to eight times the legal limit for four straight months — a formal notice of violation has been issued. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...