RECENT NEWS
Environmental Groups Align Efforts to Challenge FERC Pipeline Projects
Groups claim federal agency facilitates fracking for shale gas The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is not informing the public about the big picture when it comes to natural gas infrastructure projects related to increased gas drilling in the Marcellus and...
Frackers Obviously Don’t Care About the Community’s Quality and Quantity of Drinking Water Sources
Reposted via ThinkProgress.org | by Samantha Page Image credit: Courtesy of Barnesville area residents A tiny town in eastern Ohio is being sued by an Oklahoma-based oil and gas company that bought more than 180 million gallons of water from the town last year. That...
Water Protection Groups Go On Offensive Against Unregulated Radioactive Fracking Waste Facilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2015 Grand Rapids, Ohio – Two organizations devoted to protecting water sources from dangerous oil and gas industry activity have filed a key motion in an Ohio court, challenging oil and gas waste disposal practices. On Friday, February...
ODNR Records Request Response: Toxic Facilities With Chief’s Orders
The below records are from ODNR in response to our public request for records of the toxic waste facilities given "Chief's Orders" to operate. ODNR Chief's Order Summary Letters Facility Chief's Order Summaries letters HTP Unlimited 2014 182 ATP...
The MWCD must stop leasing our precious reservoirs to be fracked and stop selling our water to be destroyed.
Better Vision
A Better Vision for the Valley was an inspirational conference organized by FreshWater Accountability Project and attended by many residents from the Ohio Valley, as well as representatives from numerous environmental groups.
Fracking Violates Human Rights
FWAP provides testimony to the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, a respected international human-rights court, the Rome-based Tribunal, began a week-long hearing on the impacts of fracking and climate change on human and Earth rights.
Letter to Gov. DeWine
Click here to view the letter we sent to Governor DeWine to cease permitting until regulatory deficiencies are reviewed. You may use our letter as reference when writing to your elected officials to express your concerns.
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