by FreshWater | Feb 6, 2015 | Federal Agencies, Fracking, Issues, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, News & Blog, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Grand Rapids, OH) When FreshWater Accountability Project (FWAP) petitioned to intervene in the reversal of the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) in Southeast Ohio to carry fracked gas South and West to markets rather than its original route to the...
by FreshWater | Jan 28, 2015 | Fracking, Issues, News & Blog, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Grand Rapids, OH) Five Ohio grassroots and environmental organizations warned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today that pipeline companies may be violating federal law in their dealings with property owners along the routes of...
by FreshWater | Nov 19, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, News & Blog, Ohio Legislators, Ohio Regulators, Press Releases
For Immediate Release November 19, 2014 Lawsuit Filed Against Governor Kasich and ODNR Over Radioactive Fracking Waste Columbus, OH – Today, a lawsuit was filed in Franklin County court against Governor Kasich and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’...
by FreshWater | Sep 25, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, News & Blog, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Projections Show Entire Watershed to be Damaged by Fracking (Grand Rapids, OH – September 26, 2014) Ohioans are beginning to realize that unconventional shale drilling uses a great deal of water, permanently ruining it for other... by FreshWater | Sep 17, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, Muskingum Watershed
Dear Tappan and Seneca Lake Neighbors and Friends, By now you have probably heard that yet another reservoir in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) will be leased for fracking. Tappan Lake is next on the chopping block as the MWCD continues to plunder...
by FreshWater | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog, Fracking, FWAP Blog, Issues, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, News & Blog, Ohio Legislators, Waste, Water Withdrawal
After over 400,000 people were without safe drinking water for over two days in one of Ohio’s largest cities, did anyone feel any better after Governor Kasich’s statement during his obligatory visit to Toledo: “What’s more important than water? Water’s about life.”...