This letter to the editor by Patrick McGee originally appeared in The Athens News, August 5, 2017. On July 17, I argued to Athens Common Pleas Judge George McCarthy that the decision of the Athens County Board of Elections that prevented the proposed Athens County Charter from being placed on the ballot should be reversed. [...]
This article by David DeWitt originally appeared in The Athens News, August 2, 2017 A group proposing a charter for Athens County has filed a protest with the Ohio Secretary of State against the local elections board’s rejection of the charter for the ballot, a move that a local judge upheld. MORE...
This letter to the editor by Robin Kocher originally appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal, July 22, 2017. I raise my cup to you — those who are making money from the oil and gas industry, particularly the Nexus pipeline — the ones “infringing on the rights of others.” Enjoy your good life — for [...]
“We thought they would protect us. They wouldn’t.” This article by Jeremy Deaton and Mariana Surillo originally appeared in Nexus Media, July 20, 2017. There only about a dozen countries on Earth that don’t recognize the right to a healthy environment. The United States is one. Now, a small town in rural western Pennsylvania is [...]
This letter the editor by Markie Miller originally appeared in The Blade, July 13, 2017. After “participating” in the virtual town hall hosted by Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson to discuss the upcoming algal bloom season that threatens Lake Erie, I was outraged at not only the content of the meeting, but also the format. MORE...
This letter to the editor by Rev. Dr. Sharon Kiesel originally appeared in The Akron Beacon Journal and is published on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website, July 9, 2017. There are three myths about the Nexus pipeline. MORE...
An oil and gas corporation sued a community that is seeking to protect itself from frack waste… Now the corporation is going after their lawyers Corporation demands $560,000 from public interest lawyers that are defending community A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from July 7, 2017. MERCERSBURG, PA: A major oil and [...]
This original article by Cathy Holt appeared in Mountain XPress, June 29, 2017. At the July 4 Independence From Fossil Fuels gathering at Lake Julian, many T-shirts and signs will ask “Who decides?” Who determines what kind of energy will power our city? Right now, the answer is “Duke Energy decides.” Duke (the largest electric utility [...]
This original article by David DeWitt appeared in The Athens News, June 28, 2017. For the third year in a row, the Athens County Bill of Rights Committee will seek to place the question of turning the county into a charter form of government before voters in November. MORE...
This original letter to the editor by Peter A. White appeared in, Fosters.Com on June 16, 2017 When USA Springs bought land in Nottingham and Barrington about 15 years ago they were planning on extracting millions of gallons of drinking water from our bedrock aquifer. Despite widespread public opposition and environmental concerns, the state issued all [...]