Tag: ohio
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Rebels with a Cause
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — Beginning in the 1950s, a national movement was born of principles that may seem obvious today. Unconvinced by land developers who promoted residential construction as unmitigated progress, citizens began banding together to …
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Campaign Kicks Off to Ban Fracking in Michigan
COMMITTEE TO BAN FRACKING IN MICHIGAN — In Michigan we have the constitutional power to write our own laws through a ballot initiative and put them before the voters. Other states threatened by fracking, such as New York and Pennsylvania, do not have this option …
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Fracking vs. Democracy: State Laws Subvert Home Rule and Property Rights
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — In short, rules on the books in many states—which take away the public’s ability to protect their own property and neighborhood integrity—actually subvert the very fabric of our democracy. It is dangerous stuff that …
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Ohio is Not the Nation’s Fracking Waste Toilet
ATHENS COUNTY FRACKING ACTION NETWORK — The Athens rally was one of four events in Ohio announcing the filing of a citizens’ petition to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was written on behalf of all Ohio citizens by …
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