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Join us for our Annual Meeting on October 17th

FaCT Ohio's Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, October 17 at 4:15 PM EDT via Zoom. You're all invited to participate. Dr. Noreen Herzfeld will be the Keynote speaker. Her appearance at 3 PM will precede the business portion of the ANNUAL MEETING, which will begin at approximately 4:15 pm. The Annual Meeting is usually held the last Saturday of September, but work on the budget for next year and other tasks have caused the date to be moved to October. The Annual Meeting

Governor DeWine, Declare a STATE OF EMERGENCY in Washington County!

Governor DeWine, the situation in Washington County is dire. 40,000 people may lose their drinking water due to frack waste from injection wells polluting water sources with toxic and radioactive material. Governor DeWine, have you read the article entitled "Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is--Gov. DeWine can act to protect livelihoods and drinking water for more than a dozen communities?" Governor, you may have seen thi

Freepoint Eco-Systems Plastic Incinerator Shuts Down Amidst Community Pushback

June 2, 2026 By Cat Adams Hebron, Licking County, OH — On May 28, Freepoint Eco-Systems notified the Ohio EPA and Freepoint employees that it would be shutting down its Central Ohio plastic incineration facility, located outside of Hebron in Licking County, on July 26, 2026. In an email to the Mayor of Hebron, Freepoint attributed the decision to cease operations to “current market conditions and commercial factors.” According to Oil and Gas Watch’s database, Freepoint Eco-S

Wind, Solar beating Coal

According to reporting on the Kathryn Hayhoe website, solar is now the cheapest source of electricity in history! Last year, a new solar project as installed every 59 seconds in the U.S. In Texas there is already more solar than coal powering the electric grid. Across the whole U.S., solar generated more electricity than coal –12.8% versus 12.2%. The U.S. is trying to catch up in solar, competing with countries like China, which now installs more wind and solar power than t

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