Issues
Protecting our FreshWater resources is of vital importance. Below you will find recent actions and information related to the threats facing Ohio and beyond.
Letter from Santa Sent to Naughty Ohio Legislators
30 Letters Sent to Those Who Amended HB507 to call Natural Gas Green and Force the Fracking of State Lands. In the 2022 lame duck session, the Ohio legislature amended House Bill 507 entitled, “Revise number of poultry chicks that may be sold in lots,” to force the...
FreshWater is Instrumental to Obtain Large US EPA Air Monitoring Grant
For two years, FreshWater Accountability Project has been working through the American Geophysical Union's Thriving Earth Exchange to use low-cost monitors in the mid-Ohio River Valley to determine the actual levels of harmful contaminants. Through new technology...
FRESHWATER SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES THROUGH SCIENCE
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 monitoring in...
TRI-STATE ALLIANCE PETITIONS TO STOP BARGING OF FRACK WASTE USACE Barge Permit Legal Challenge Continues
Contact: Lea Harper, Managing Director, (419) 450-7042, wewantcleanwater@gmail.com John A. Heer, Esq. Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, (234) 255-5627, jheer@fairshake-els.orgGrand Rapids, OH) FreshWater Accountability Project of Ohio has been working for years...
Public Records Request
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 to be...
Open Letter to Ohio Health Dept. Requesting Urgent Attention
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Columbus Area Office 200 North High Street, Room 620 Columbus, OH 43215 February 9, 2021 To Whom It May Concern, As concerned residents, former industry workers, scientists, journalists, and researchers who have...
Community Science Success!
Thanks to the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for funding a Community Science project for the Appalachian Petrochemical Protection, FreshWater Accountability Project made great progress over the last year to purchase and install low-cost air monitoring...
PTTGC again delays decision on Belmont County cracker
5 tri-state area groups call on Goldman Sachs to drop support for NGL storage project BRIDGEPORT, Ohio – On Wednesday, April 15, S&P Global reported that PTT Global Chemical has indefinitely postponed a final investment decision on the proposed Belmont County,...
OHIO GOVERNOR SHOULD PLACE A MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS PERMITTING IN THE STATE UNTIL SERIOUS REGULATORY DEFICIENCIES ARE RESOLVED
(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...