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EPA amends air toxics emissions standard s covering facilities that produce...
WASHINGTON, DC — “On May 28, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized amendments to the air toxics emissions standards covering facilities that produce ferroalloys. Ferroalloys are...
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Columbus fights to keep drinking water safe
Algae and chemicals from farms and industry create a daily — and costly — challenge for those keeping Columbus’ drinking water safe “It doesn’t matter if they are 18 months old, 3 years or 5 years. Our...
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Green energy advocates: Coal is unsustainable in more ways than one
On June 15 about 100 demonstrators gathered in Columbus, Ohio to ask the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to deny FirstEnergy’s request for a rate hike to support its aging coal plants....
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Board OKs less restrictive water protection zone
City commission next to take up controversial changes DAYTON — “The City of Dayton Plan Board Tuesday passed a zoning map amendment that will have the effect of reducing the city’s environmental...
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Lake Erie’s green monster returns
Algae back with a vengeance in Lake Erie a year after Toledo’s water crisis; prognosis poor Lake Erie water that has turned green from an algae bloom laps ashore at South Bass Island State Park. TOLEDO...
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PUCO chief: Energy’s challenges brought me back
Andre Porter COLUMBUS — “Porter is generally viewed by Ohio energy observers as fair and not easily pushed over – the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association described his remarks last week to Columbus...
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Cleanlites Recycling donates services to Ohio Citizen Action
CINCINNATI — Cleanlites Recycling, a dedicated industrial, municipal, and business recycling company in the Cincinnati area, has been working with our Cincinnati office to donate electronic recycling...
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Puffin Film festival in Columbus October 9-11
COLUMBUS — Join Ohio Citizen Action and nine other Columbus-area non-profits for a one-day film festival celebrating progressive causes. OCA and partner Ohio Environmental Council will screen the...
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Toxic algae outbreak overwhelms a polluted Ohio River
A sample of water with algae from Lake Erie near Curtice, Ohio, in July. The latest bloom of algae stretches along 636 of the Ohio River’s 981 miles. CURTICE — “The Ohio River, transformed by mining...
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Ohio River’s huge algae bloom a warning for water suppliers
Algae coats rocks on the banks of the Ohio River overlooking downtown Cincinnati, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in Newport, Ky. A toxic algae outbreak that has snaked more than 600 miles down the Ohio River...
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Scientists alarmed as tiny plastic turns up in lakes
TOLEDO — “Scientists want to know how much microbeads have become part of the fish diet and what it may be doing to them. One theory is that in addition to the petrochemicals of plastic itself, the...
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DDT’s long shadow: Long-banned chemicals linked to abnormal sperm
A study of men from the Faroe Islands finds that high DDT and PCB exposure during adolescence and adulthood is associated with abnormal chromosomes in sperm A Faroe Islands’ whale hunt in 2007. Hans...
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FirstEnergy shopping early Black Friday deal at the PUCO, you’ll pay more
COLUMBUS — “FirstEnergy has been doing some serious early Black Friday shopping, squeezing a deal out of state regulators to have customers pay hundreds of millions of dollars extra over the next...
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FirstEnergy profit guarantee would be 8 years under new proposed settlement
Litigation ahead for plan that critics call ‘coal bailout’ COLUMBUS — “A newly disclosed settlement proposal in a long-running FirstEnergy says the company would receive an eight-year profit guarantee...
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FirstEnergy finagles mother of all boondoggles
NEW YORK, NY — “On December 1, the Akron-based utility holding company reached an agreement with representatives of the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) intended to prevent a expensive nuclear...
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A tiny tree frog provides clues to environmental changes that threaten all...
CLEVELAND — “The declining state of amphibians in a world of climate change, pollution and shrinking habitats has been widely documented. But some species of frogs and salamanders are faring worse...
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Mr. Kasich’s leadership
TOLEDO — “Northwest Ohioans do not need to be reminded that a harmful algae bloom in western Lake Erie generated a toxin that poisoned Toledo’s water supply for three days in the summer of 2014,...
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Help us raise $20K by December 31
As your member-supported government and industry watchdog, we rely on you to help us fight for a cleaner, safer energy future. So far we have raised $23,647 towards our $20,000 target! Please help us...
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2015 year end fundraiser smashes goal
CLEVELAND- – Thanks to the support of hundreds of Ohioans we raised $24,472 during our year-end appeal, smashing our goal of $20,000. We will put these contributions to good use in 2016 fighting to:...
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Carl Evert Jr. 1923 – 2016
Carl Evert Jr. CINCINNATI — It is with deep sadness that Ohio Citizen Action mourns the passing of Carl Evert, Jr. on Thursday, March 18th. Carl was a devoted husband of 66 years, father, professor...
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