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At the Fresh Water Accountability Project (FWAP), we take interest in issues threatening our freshwater resources. The issues include, but are not limited to, drilling operations, frack waste transportation, oil and gas pipelines, landfills (old, new, and proposed), and more. We cannot drink money. It is critical that we protect our freshwater resources for future generations.
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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...
FreshWater Joins Forces to Oppose Mountaineer Natural Gas Liquids Storage Caverns on Ohio River
Concerned Ohio River Residents P.O. Box 135 Bridgeport, OH 43912FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jill Hunkler, CORR Advocate, (740) 238-1256, jahhunkler@gmail.com Megan Hunter, Attorney, (312) 800-8331,mhunter@earthjustice.orgGroups Challenge Deficient Applications to...
Army Corps Permits for Barge Docks to Bring Oil and Gas Waste to Ohio Challenged
(Akron, OH) Last week, two complaints challenging the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Section 10 Permits for barge unloading docks on the Ohio River to service frack waste processing and disposal facilities were challenged by Fair Shake Environmental Legal...
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...
FreshWater Appeals to Ohio Attorney General to Investigate Funding
Copied below is the appeal to Ohio Attorney General Yost to investigate JobsOhio funding decisions. Copies of the request for investigation were also sent to Governor DeWine and the Ohio Auditor's Office. So far, we have not heard anything back, but we will continue...
Conference Held to Envision a Better Future for the Ohio River Valley
A Better Vision for the Valley, was an inspirational conference attended by many residents from the Ohio Valley, as well as representatives from numerous environmental groups. It took place on May 11, 2019 at Wheeling Jesuit College. Impactful speakers shared their knowledge about the environmental and public health crisis we are facing due to the oil and gas and petrochemical development in Appalachia.