A series of 12 unusual earthquakes in northern Ohio reached a 4.0 magnitude on New Year’s Eve, shaking homes in Youngstown and intensifying nationwide opposition to fracking, a controversial natural gas extraction process. John Armbruster, a Columbia University seismologist hired by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), located the quakes’ epicenters near the base [...]
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What the Frack? ~ opposition to “fracking” surges after tremors
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged john armbruster, John Kasich, natural gas extraction, ohio department of natural resources on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Protest Greets Legislative Ghostwriters in Cincinnati; Enquirer Absent
Posted in News, Uncategorized, tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Committee, Bob Sloan, Bruce Fealk, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Jennifer Butler, John Boehner, John Kasich, Ohio Prison Industrieds Form At, Pam Gorman, protest on April 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday inside the Netherland Hotel, a discreet committee drafted America’s next season of conservative state legislation. Outside, bucket drums, megaphones, and a hundred angry voices roared in protest. And three blocks away, The Cincinnati Enquirer stayed home. Courageous members of the American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC), peeked out of the hotel’s grand entrance during their [...]
