by FreshWater | Jul 12, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, Letters, News & Blog, Ohio Legislators
FWAP Builds the Record to Show Legislative and Regulatory Inaction Despite Evidence of Dangers Dear Governor Kasich: We are writing as representatives of a rapidly expanding volunteer coalition of concerned citizens, organizations and professionals. We would like to...
by FreshWater | Jul 4, 2014 | Blog, Fracking, FWAP Blog, Issues, News & Blog
[Note: Reposted from FracTracker.org] A First-hand Look at the Recent Statoil Well Pad Fire By Evan Collins and Rachel Wadell, Summer Research Interns, Wheeling Jesuit University Hydraulic tubing had caught fire at Statoil’s Eisenbarth well pad, resulting in...
by FreshWater | Jun 9, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, Muskingum Watershed, Waste, Water Withdrawal
Lea Harper, Managing Director of FreshWater Accountability Project, addressed the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District’s Annual Meeting of the Conservancy Court, the overseeing body of the conservancy, in another attempt to convince the district that they...
by FreshWater | Jun 3, 2014 | Fracking, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, Ohio Regulators, Waste
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2014 – The FreshWater Accountability Project (FWAP), a grassroots non-profit water protection organization, today demanded that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) cancel the temporary authorizations issued for at least 23... by FreshWater | May 4, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, Legislative & Regulatory Accountability, News & Blog, Ohio Regulators, Press Releases, Waste
JOINT PRESS RELEASE: BUCKEYE FOREST COUNCIL & FRESHWATER ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT: Toxic Waste Sites Enter Ohio Communities Without Oversight GRAND RAPIDS, Ohio — Ohio residents are now discovering that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has...
by FreshWater | Apr 22, 2014 | Fracking, Issues, Muskingum Watershed, News & Blog, Press Releases, Water Testing, Water Withdrawal
April 21, 2014 — The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) Board Meeting held last Friday, April 18, 2014, provided another stunning example of how the conservancy district is allowed to tax property owners in the district without accountability to respond...