inspiring citizen action, one by one 
SASSAFRAS, KY — “Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell recently upheld a Corps decision that a 756-acre surface mine near the Knott-Perry county line above the communities of Sassafras and Vicco would ‘not significantly affect the quality of the human environment.’ He later temporarily stayed his ruling to decide […]
GALION — “Galion’s mayor signed a city council resolution last week asking that the Ohio attorney general’s office investigate Galion’s contract with Prairie State Energy Campus in Illinois, a power plant that has been hurt by budget overruns and mechanical problems. But then the mayor used correction fluid to cover […]
GALION — “Galion City Council President Don Faulds had strong words about Mayor Tom O’Leary’s decision to veto recent legislation concerning the city’s Prairie State contract during a news conference Monday afternoon. Mainly at issue, Faulds said, was O’Leary’s decision to sign the Aug. 27 resolution asking the Attorney General’s […]
Investing in a massive coal-burning power plant in southern Illinois has saddled some towns with similarly large electricity rates CHICAGO, IL — “Some cities and municipal electric agencies that financed Prairie State are shielding residents from the coal plant’s price spikes by dipping into bond proceeds and draining budget reserves, […]
GALION — “Councilwoman Shirley Clark led off discussion on the measure, telling her fellow Council members that she had been contacted by the Council President of Painesville, who said that while one member of their City Council wished to pursue a similar type of contact, that the rest of their […]
GALION — “The city of Galion has become the first in Ohio to ask Attorney General Mike DeWine to investigate the circumstances that led it and many other cities to sign contracts with an Illinois power plant. Galion, about 60 miles north of Columbus, is one of 60 communities in […]
MARCELINE, MO — “The small Missouri town where Walt Disney spent his boyhood has freed itself from an expensive electric power contract that threatened it with financial ruin and exemplified problems that some cities in the Midwest are having with a controversial coal-fired plant in Illinois. Marceline, Mo., northwest of […]
GALION — “…it wasn’t the quick-turn legislation that raised eyebrows at the meeting. Instead, most contention centered around council’s decision to pass, on third reading, a resolution asking Attorney General Mike DeWine to investigate the Prairie State Energy Campus Long-Term Take-or-Pay Contracts. At least 27 people from Galion contacted the […]
COLUMBUS — “On Monday, [Chief of Surface Water at OEPA, George] Elmaraghy told his staff by email that Gov. John Kasich had asked him to resign over ongoing disputes concerning permits with the coal industry.In that email, he wrote that the coal industry wants ‘permits that may have a negative […]
MARCELINE, MO — “Last night, August 20, 2013, the Marceline City Council voted unanimously to approve a deal with the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC) to exit its contract for 4MW of electricity from the Prairie State Energy Campus. In the deal, the Missouri Public Energy Pool (MoPEP), […]
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Incinerator won’t pollute region’s air• writing personal letters to Mayor Jackson • putting yard signs in our yards •
Cincinnati becomes first major city to offer 100% green electricity to residentsCincinnati voters overwhelmingly supported 100% renewable energy as a priority
Coal plants drop off the mapEach year 819,195,781 pounds of pollution will NOT be dumped into our air and water
FirstEnergy, citing impact of environmental regulations, will retire six coal-fired power plants14,280 citizens sent letters to decision makers supporting the campaign
Another one bites the (coal) dust21,965 citizens sent letters to decision makers supporting the campaign
Eramet praised for $150M proposal58,375 citizens sent letters to decision makers supporting the campaign
Westerville neighbors are celebrating their first amazing victory18,727 citizens sent letters to decision makers supporting the
AK Steel agrees to new pollution controls in Middletown39,922 citizens sent letters to decision makers supporting the campaign