Ohio's Clean Energy Law has helped create enough renewable energy to power more than 95,000 homes, and its energy efficiency programs have saved enough electricity to power at least 267,000 more homes.But now, Ohio’s biggest utility and one of its biggest polluters is launching an all-out assault to keep us hooked on dirty energy. At every step of the process, FirstEnergy Corp has undermined Ohio's commitment to clean energy. They've missed annual targets for clean energy. They've taken advantage of loopholes to avoid investing in efficiency programs. And they lobbied to block the financing of Ohio's largest solar project. Now, they're pushing for legislation at the statehouse to roll back Ohio's Clean Energy Law.

You should be concerned about this issue because this bill is an unfair and outrageous gift to the off-road vehicle (ORV) lobby. The bill would abolish the National Park Service's Final Rule to manage ORV use on Cape Hatteras National Seashore. In the one year of management under the Final Rule, visitation to the Seashore increased, tourism set record highs, and wildlife in the Seashore continued to rebound. The Final Rule is fairer to all parties than the Interim Rule; the public process informing the National Park Service’s Final Rule management plan included numerous public meetings and a negotiated rulemaking process that included opportunities for public comment. Most of the over 20,000 comments received supported even more stringent restrictions than those included in the Final Rule. This bill could threaten to overturn reasonable restrictions on ORV use that protect wildlife, landscapes, and people in other National Parks and Seashores because it would set a precedent. To read more about wildlife in the seashore and how opponents of unrestricted ORV use have been threatened, see: http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/conservation/battle-over-north-carolina-beach-continues

Chemtrail Flyover Grids over the U. S. Must Stop!

The utility Salt River Project (SRP) already owns over 50 times more coal than solar power. Yet, they are currently considering doubling its ownership of Arizona's largest and dirtiest coal-fired power plant, the Navajo Generating Station. This power plant is one of the nation's single biggest contributors to global warming pollution and also contributes to regional haze and air quality problems in Grand Canyon National Park. Tell SRP that doubling down on coal is a bad investment for our environment and our health, and should instead invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Our economy in Texas is dependent on a solid transportation system. Allowing trains to travel through Texas uninhibited will lessen traffic on our overcrowded highways. Currently, several states are considering rail programs to reduce vehicular traffic. Texas should consider this too.

Texas uses an important tool, the Contested Case Hearing process, because Texas respects property rights, is reluctant to grant overarching power to administrative agencies, and has a strong due course of law requirement in the Texas Constitution. Although relatively few in number, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is able to grant Contested Case Hearings to property owners, local governments, and businesses who can prove they could be adversely affected by a new or expanded facility. These Contested Case Hearings provide parties with the ability to have a discovery process and put their case before a neutral Administrative Law Judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). A proposed bill in the Texas State House, House Bill 2082, would cut off access to a Contested Case Hearing for air quality, water quality and waste permits. For example, if a new or expanded power plant, landfill, mine, or wastewater facility were proposed, a property-owner, local government, or business would only be able to file for an administrative review at SOAH after a permit is granted by the TCEQ, and after the permittee can begin construction. SOAH would have complete discretion whether to grant or deny this administrative review. If an administrative review is granted there would be no evidentiary hearing, as with other SOAH hearings. In addition, if a permit is appealed in State Court, the parties protesting a permit would have a different and higher standard of review than a permit applicant pursuing a similar appeal. This bill represents a massive reworking of the permitting process in Texas, and would stack the deck against property owners, local governments, and businesses.

END USE OF IL Nuclear Power plants: They are OLD, Outdated & they are LEACHING Radiation into our ground & our IL air. PROOF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiSVcyaxVq4 Illinois nuclear power, nuclear waste, radioactive leak, Tritium... http://www.wbez.org/story/tritium-leaks-found-illinois-nuclear-sites-88386 http://www.nuclearpowerdanger.com/plume-maps/radiation-hot-spot-illinois.php Braidwood, Dresden, La Salle 6 Reactor Overlapping Plume Radiation Plume MapThis Toxic Plume is located approximately 60 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois. This plume is made up of the over lapping plumes of 6 reactors located at the Braidwood, Dresden and La Salle Nuclear Power Plant sites. The reactors that produce this plume have 6,302 Mega Watts of radiation generating power. There is a total of 3,405 tons of Highly Toxic Radioactive spent fuel stored at these Nuclear Power Plants. Braidwood Nuclear Plant has been leaking Radioactive tritium into local drinking water for over 10 years. Dresden and La Salle Nuclear power plants are also suffering difficult to solve tritium leaks.

Bunker fuel is an extremely dirty fuel used by large ships such as oil tankers and container ships - one container ship emits as much pollution as 50 million cars. Bunker-fuel-using ships cause the hazy atmosphere and air pollution around our nation's ports and health problems in those communities. But we don't have to use this type of fuel: There is a current surplus of ships, so a phase-out of bunker fuel would encourage the newest ships to visit America's ports and lead to other environmental and safety advantages. Economically, this phase-out would raise the marginal cost of shipping goods into our ports, which would have the very beneficial effect of favoring locally manufactured goods over cheap imported goods.

The Enviroscape is a large, portable classroom model used to learn about the flow of water and pollutants in Earth’s water systems. Teachers from districts that participate in ESP services and who attend this session will be trained to borrow and use the Enviroscape in their classrooms at no charge! There are six different Enviroscape models that provide different types of learning opportunities. The models are: Hazardous Waste, Drinking Water, Wetlands, Coastal, Wastewater Management, and Non-Point Source Pollution. Suitable for upper elementary and middle school. Kathy Arminio, ESP Director Email: [email protected] website: www.espsciencetime.org Phone: 585-352-1140 Toll Free: 800-832-8011 Fax: 585-352-1157

WE the People have the potential power to ask for a more comprehensive EIS review, but we have to act (again) NOW! Because Coal Backers are becoming successful with moving along their "narrow" EIS.

Why are we feeling ill? The annual spraying of 20 billion tons of aluminum, barium, strontium, mercury and other toxic, carcinogenic and biohazardous material over cities/counties everywhere (including daily over Kauai Island an the Hawaiian Islands) is already having devastating effects on humans, the soil, the water, forests, eco and marine systems and all life forms. The short term effects have shown to be causing residents and visitors to have respiratory illnesses frequently as a result. But the long term effects are deeper, such as alzheimer's, neurological disorders and cancer. If the public were adequately informed on this topic, most would take appropriate action to put an immediate stop to these destructive activities

Fracking is descending on Michigan: The oil and gas industry has already snatched up millions of acres of mineral rights in Michigan to greatly expand fracking throughout the state. At every stage of the drilling process, fracking puts the Great Lakes, and the waterways that feed them, at risk of water contamination, toxic waste spills and more. The Governor is holding a public forum on his energy policy on Monday 3/25. Take action now to make sure your voice is heard. Tell Governor Snyder to stop the spread of fracking before it pollutes the Great Lakes.