RECENT NEWS
Oil & Gas Corporation Opposes Public Input to Pipeline Permitting
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...
Ohio Pipeline Opponents Warn FERC About Illegal Land Condemnation
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...
Gov. Kasich & ODNR Face Radioactive Fracking Waste Lawsuit
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’...
Shale Drilling Destroys Regional Water Resources
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 uses. But...
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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