Ever Hear of a Nurdle? This New Form of Pollution Could be Coming to the Ohio River

Julie GrantMay 1, 2020

Plastic pellets can escape petrochemical plants like the one Shell is building in Beaver County, Pa. Is the Ohio Valley ready?

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Decision to Build Ohio Cracker Plant on Hold Due to Pandemic

Julie GrantApril 30, 2020

The decision was supposed to come this summer. The company says the project is still a "top priority."

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Clean Water Group to Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Cracker in Ohio

Julie GrantFebruary 7, 2020

Freshwater Accountability Project will collect air and water quality data near schools, and daycare and senior centers close to the site in Belmont County.

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Ohio Group Worried About Water Pollution From Ethane Cracker Gets State Meeting, But Little Action

Julie GrantJanuary 31, 2020

The group is concerned that plastic pellets from a proposed cracker plant in Belmont County, Ohio will pollute the Ohio River.

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Environmental Groups Secure Air Protections at Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant

Julie GrantSeptember 24, 2019

The groups will drop their appeal of the plant's air permit in exchange for additional monitoring and disclosures. If built, the Ohio plant would be similar to Shell's cracker in Pa., shown above.

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Report: “Trade Secret” Chemicals Injected Nearly 11,000 Times at Oil and Gas Wells in Ohio

Julie GrantSeptember 15, 2019

Not knowing the identity of all chemicals used at fracking sites makes emergency responders nervous.

Energy

Ohio Citizens Start Their Own Fracking Health Registry

Julie GrantJuly 19, 2019

The group says their effort will provide a baseline of health in fracking communities and will be able to determine if fracking is impacting people's health.

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Citizens Stepped in to Protect Water When Ohio Did Not

Julie GrantJune 28, 2019

Citizens used a provision in the Clean Water Act to stop frack waste from harming the Mahoning River when Ohio regulators did not act.

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Ohio Law Allows Energy Companies to Force Landowners into Leases

Julie GrantJune 21, 2019

Ohio regulators have never turned down an energy company's request to force a landowner to sign a lease. The company needs to show that without the landowner, their project would not be profitable.

EnergyWho's Listening

How Ohio Compares to Pennsylvania for Oversight of Gas Industry

Kara HolsoppleJune 14, 2019

A law professor says Pennsylvania has better protections for the environment than Ohio.

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