by FreshWater | Aug 1, 2022 | Fracking, Health, Issues, News & Blog
Through an ongoing project with the American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) program, FreshWater and the TEX team were able to publish a peer-reviewed study entitled, “Community-based participatory research for low-cost air pollution...
by FreshWater | Jun 17, 2021 | Fracking, Issues, Public Records, Resources
FreshWater Accountability Project has continually interacted with the regulatory agencies in Ohio, often requesting public records, to determine how well the fracking industry is monitored and held accountable for its harms and to ask the regulators’ involvement...
by FreshWater | Sep 26, 2019 | Fracking, Issues, Ohio Legislators, Ohio Regulators
(COLUMBUS, OH) A letter by Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services of Akron, Ohio has written on behalf of the Freshwater Accountability Project was sent to Governor DeWine recently outlining deficiencies in Ohio’s regulatory scheme regarding unconventional shale...
by FreshWater | Dec 21, 2018 | Fracking, Issues, Muskingum Watershed
via Vindy.com Settlement with Patriot Water might be end of gas and oil wastewater treatment in city By Ed Runyan | December 17, 2018 at 12:05a.m. runyan@vindy.com Water plant remains open as suit lingers WARREN Though a lawsuit filed by an environmental group against...
by FreshWater | Nov 27, 2018 | Fracking, Issues, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, Ohio Legislators
The Ohio River is already the most polluted inland waterway in the United States. If the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is allowed to abdicate its responsibilities to provide water quality protections – public health, recreation,...
by FreshWater | Aug 3, 2018 | Fracking, Issues, News & Blog, Press Releases
Ohio groups and concerned citizens are calling for Ohio Governor John Kasich to use his executive power to stop the use of radioactive product on Ohio roads and in our communities. Columbus, Ohio, July 2, 2018 – Groups and citizens sent Ohio Governor John Kasich...