Tag: ohio
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Students Applaud University of Cincinnati for Commitment to Move Beyond Coal
This week the University of Cincinnati announced that it plans to completely replace coal as a fuel for electricity within the year…
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Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Ohio State University
Students for Environmental Action, an Ohio State University (OSU) student organization, rallied last week to encourage the university to divest from harmful fossil fuels. The campaign is part of a nationwide divestment movement that has spread to more than 300 colleges and universities across the country. [caption id="attachment_331308" align="alignnone" width="500"] “As one of the top universities in…
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Ohio Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, State First to Require Companies to Test for Seismic Activity
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) announced on Friday that recent earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were likely caused by hydraulic fracturing—or fracking. [caption id="attachment_330422" align="alignnone" width="600"] Earthquake epicenters and past seismic events in Ohio. Graphic courtesy of ODNR[/caption] A series of earthquakes up to magnitude 3.0 struck on March 1o-11 in Mahoning County near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. A nearby…
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Case Studies Show How Shale Boom Hurt Health and Infrastructure of Four Communities
It’s been nearly a decade since the first shale fracking wells were drilled in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Since that time, there’s been pressure for more gas production in those states, as well as in Ohio, but a series of new studies show that the people who live near the booming industry aren’t always the…
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P&G to Eliminate Deforestation From Palm Oil Products
We may not see the full result for six more years, but Procter & Gamble made it official this week—the company will remove all deforestation from its palm oil supply. The Cincinnati, OH-based company announced a no-deforestation policy for its products, which include Head & Shoulders and Oil of Olay. While the policy calls for no deforestation in…