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Editorial: Reform the Ohio EPA

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The Ohio EPA's reliability to regulate based on industry funded science has resulted in a state-funded public relation department safeguarding companies on the public dollar. Now, even peer-reviewed science hailed from state universities is being discarded for company research, simply because companies had more dollars to dispose (citing Danielle Ivory's work for The Huffington Post Investigative Fund »

FirstEnergy Looks to Biomass Energy in Forests, Leaving Coal Behind

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Ohio Consumer and Environmental Advocates (OCEA) seeks dismissal of FirstEnergy’s biomass proposal COLUMBUS, OH - FirstEnergy Corp. has failed to prove it meets the requirements to certify the R.E. Burger power plant as a renewable energy facility, the Ohio [...]

"Too Big to Jail?" | Banks Escape Fraud & Borrowers Face Charges | Video

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Executives unscathed as regulators let banks report criminal fraud By David Heath Huffington Post Investigative Fund The financial crisis has spawned hundreds of criminal prosecutions for alleged fraud. Yet so far, defendants have been mostly minor players such [...]

Building a Solar Future

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Building a Solar Future NEW REPORT OUTLINES BOLD NEW VISION FOR SOLAR IN AMERICA TOLEDO -– From laundromats and baseball stadiums, to homes and cars, solar energy is already enhancing energy security and reducing pollution in America.  A [...]

Wind Farm Report Shows Ohio Last in Generated Regional Wind Power Capacity

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Wind Farm Policy in the Great Lakes Note: See page 2 above to find current Megawatt capacity for the Great Lakes Region. By John Funk, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wind turbines could rise from Lake Erie [...]

Transgenics in the Food Market | Editorial

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This editorial is the second, in a series published to address genetically engineered foods. Simple Transgenic Timeline for a Genetically Engineered (GE) Food Market Initiative. 1940′s – Beginning of chemical agriculture production. 1970′s – Intro to genetic patenting [...]

FISHING INDUSTRY: Scientists Claim Salmon Farming Kills Wild Salmon

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For decades, Fish Farms have moored open nets and pens from facility to estuary assuring consumers of their safety and inherent environmental protection. CleanFish, a company focused on buying sustainably-farmed fish declares on its website; “We believe that [...]

Deconstructing Dinner: Canada’s Bill on GE Crops

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March 25, 2010 “BILL C-474 (PROTECTING FARMERS FROM ECONOMIC HARM OF GE CROPS)” LISTEN TO ARCHIVED VERSION download/open | stream Deconstructing Dinner has long been at the forefront of covering anything and everything to do with the presence [...]

EPA: Natural Gas Drilling Method Investigated for Water Contamination

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EPA Launches National Study of Hydraulic Fracturing by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica – March 18, 2010 3:38 pm EDT Responding to reports of environmental contamination [1] in gas drilling areas across the country, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Who's Bailed Out?

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This detailed report from Pro Publica provides comprehensive data to the whereabouts of taxpayer dollars. We encourage all of our readers to take a close look at the long list of recipients. When viewing click on any recipient [...]