RECENT NEWS
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...
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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