We hope you can join the Sierra Club for our annual Chapter Retreat. As one of the largest and most influential environmental organizations in the state, this is the time each year where we celebrate our victories, renew our spirits, and make our plans the year ahead. All are welcome, and meals will be provided for members who register.
Join us at Mohican State Park Lodge for the Annual Chapter Retreat on Jan 31st- Feb 1st!
Click here to submit public comments to Ohio EPA by November 19.
1.) Insist algae toxin standards be created for Ohio drinking water supplies
2.) Request mandatory testing to occur at community water systems
Carbon pollution rolls from Sammis Coal-fired Power Plant. Utilities are asking PUCO to approve passing costs for outdated plants like Sammis onto customers. credit: Akron Beacon Journal
In June 2014, Governor Kasich signed into law a bill that guts Ohio’s clean energy and efficiency standards. Passing this new law was not enough for Ohio’s utilities, though.
Now, Ohio’s largest electric utilities, AEP, Duke, and FirstEnergy are seeking to keep a number of Ohio’s oldest and dirtiest power plants open for years to come.
And they want you and me to pay for it.
October 27th, 2014
Carbon pollution rolls from Sammis Coal-fired Power Plant. Utilities are asking PUCO to approve passing costs for outdated plants like Sammis onto customers. credit: Akron Beacon Journal
In June 2014, Governor Kasich signed into law a bill that guts Ohio’s clean energy and efficiency standards. Passing this new law was not enough for Ohio’s utilities, though.
Now, Ohio’s largest electric utilities, AEP, Duke, and FirstEnergy are seeking to keep a number of Ohio’s oldest and dirtiest power plants open for years to come.
And they want you and me to pay for it.
In cases currently pending before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, AEP, Duke, and FirstEnergy are trying to increase customer electric bills to pay for aging coal plants that are not competitive with market prices.
If we stand together, we can stop the utility sponsored coal plant bailout. We need a grassroots army to stand together and refuse to pay more for dirty air, contaminated water, and sick Ohioans. Luckily, building a grassroots army is what Sierra Club members and supporters do best.
Join the fight, stop the coal plant bailout.
For More Information
Neil Waggoner
Sierra Club Organizing Representative
Neil.Waggoner@SierraClub.org
614-484-7033