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“Get The Hell Out Of There” – Ohio’s Apocalyptic Chemical Disaster Rages On
“Get The Hell Out Of There” – Ohio’s Apocalyptic Chemical Disaster Rages On Update (1300ET): During a press conference, the NTSB referenced a video from Salem, Ohio, about 20 miles from East Palestine which shows sparks and flames emitting from beneath the train. The apparent structural issue with the train was captured on a security camera […]
Crop Catastrophe In The Midwest – Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Indicates That A Nightmare Scenario Is Upon Us
Crop Catastrophe In The Midwest – Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Indicates That A Nightmare Scenario Is Upon Us The last 12 months have been the wettest in all of U.S. history, and this has created absolutely horrific conditions for U.S. farmers. Thanks to endless rain and historic flooding that has stretched on for months, many […]
Ohio’s watershed moment: How to fix Lake Erie algae
THE GREEN MONSTER Ohio’s watershed moment: How to fix Lake Erie algae The western tail of Lake Erie brims with life. Warm, shallow waters along the Ohio-Michigan border teem with bass, bluegill, and walleye, sustaining a billion-dollar fishing industry. Millions of people from Cleveland to Detroit draw their drinking water from this nook of the […]
Wyoming Now Third State to Propose ALEC Bill Cracking Down on Pipeline Protests
Wyoming Now Third State to Propose ALEC Bill Cracking Down on Pipeline Protests On the heels of Iowa and Ohio, Wyoming has become the third state to introduce a bill criminalizing the type of activities undertaken by past oil and gas pipeline protesters. One of the Wyoming bill’s co-sponsors even says it was inspired by the protests led by […]
Dennis Kucinich Vows to End All Oil and Gas Drilling in Ohio if Elected Governor and Then Take the Industry to Court
Photo: Tony Dejak/AP DENNIS KUCINICH VOWS TO END ALL OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN OHIO IF ELECTED GOVERNOR AND THEN TAKE THE INDUSTRY TO COURT THE MAN WHO saved Cleveland — and paid the ultimate political price for it — now wants to do the same for Ohio. Dennis Kucinich, the boy mayor of Cleveland […]
America Dumps Its Fracking Waste in My Ohio Town
America Dumps Its Fracking Waste in My Ohio Town My southeastern Ohio town in the Appalachian foothills is a small, rural place where the demolition derby is a hot ticket, Walmart is the biggest store, and people in the surrounding villages must often drive for 30 minutes to grocery shop. We hold the unfortunate distinction of being […]
It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill To Be Introduced This Week
It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill To Be Introduced This Week Over the past year we have provided extensive coverage of what will likely be the biggest, most politically charged, and most significant financial crisis facing the aging U.S. population: a multi-trillion pension storm, which was recently dubbed “one of the most heated battles of a […]
Ohio Court Overturns Law Preventing Cities From Voting on Anti-Fracking Measures
Ohio Court Overturns Law Preventing Cities From Voting on Anti-Fracking Measures In a slight break with previous state policies that have encouraged fracking activity and new pipelines, the Ohio Supreme Court recently struck down a controversial provision restricting citizen efforts to vote locally on these and other issues through the ballot initiative process. Getting Out (of) […]
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio For the first time since 2013, a group of activists in Youngstown, Ohio, has been told it cannot place an anti-fracking initiative on local ballots, due in part to a misinformation campaign from the fossil fuel industry. On October 6, the Ohio Supreme […]
Ohio Communities Face ‘Voter Suppression’ in Push to Rein in Oil and Gas Development
Ohio Communities Face ‘Voter Suppression’ in Push to Rein in Oil and Gas Development Three years in a row, communities in Ohio have attempted to vote on initiatives that would grant them greater say over oil and gas development in their jurisdictions, but over and over again, appointed officials, some with direct ties to the […]
The Looming Environmental Disaster In Missouri That Nobody Is Talking About
The Looming Environmental Disaster In Missouri That Nobody Is Talking About Since we first highlighted the potential for a “catastrophic event” in Missouri three months ago, there has been little mainstream media coverage. However, as Claire Bernish via TheAntiMedia.org notes, residents near the smoldering fill have expressed increasing frustration with the quarreling agencies offering few answers for an increasing […]
East Coast Celebrates Christmas With Warmest Weather On Record
East Coast Celebrates Christmas With Warmest Weather On Record It was just 10 months ago that Boston smashed its all time snowfall record, and the US was blanketed in freezing weather from west to east as the Polar Vortex unleashed cold air for the second year in a row. It was so cold, the GDP […]
Deep Trouble Down In The Ground
Deep Trouble Down In The Ground In my local newspaper column, I harp and carp about what I think is an overuse of farm field tile drains. Our local Ohio farming depends heavily on tile drainage for good crops so being critical of it is precarious. But now there is an uproar in […]
New Research Links Scores of Earthquakes to Fracking Wells Near a Fault in Ohio
New Research Links Scores of Earthquakes to Fracking Wells Near a Fault in Ohio Not long after two mild earthquakes jolted the normally steady terrain outside Youngstown, Ohio, last March, geologists quickly decided that hydraulic fracturing operations at new oil-and-gas wells in the area had set off the tremors. Now a detailed study has concluded […]
