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Trenton data center plan outlined by Prologis; residents question benefits and risks Trenton residents packed into Edgewood High School seeking clarity on a planned data center coming to the city.

250MW, 145-acre Trenton data center meeting draws a packed house of citizens worried about water contamination, noise. @bryndippoldjn.bsky.social @journalnews.bsky.social: bit.ly/40GweF8

When will Prologis address methane emissions from its natural gas energy source?

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Ohio lawmaker queue up data center study commission • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio lawmakers are weighing whether to set up a new commission studying data centers. Business groups believe it can vindicate the industry, while ordinary Ohioans worry time is short to rein in the a...

.@saveohioparks.bsky.social opinion: Looks like another governor-appointed commission.

It's a formula that's worked to frack under state parks and public lands despite widespread public opposition. @nckevns.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4sIAZdF

Will it work on data centers, too?

The public opposition to AI infrastructure is heating up | TechCrunch Public backlash over the data center boom is leading to a variety of draconian policies — including bans on new construction.

Cities are passing data center moratoriums just as Big Tech rushes to spend $650 B on massive data center buildout.

AI may not have meant to become a defense contractor, but it's forced to play the same game as Palantir and Anduril. Lucas Ropek @techcrunch.com: bit.ly/3OKCqJH

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Iran Conflict Spikes Gas Prices—Could Hit $3.25 This Week—Here’s The Latest The price of a gallon of gas is expected to steadily increase this week.

The price of a gallon of gas is expected to steadily increase this week.

Despite law barring utilities from owning power plants, Ohio lawmaker mulls a carveout for nuclear • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio lawmakers just passed a law last year building a wall between the companies generating power and those distributing it. But now one lawmaker is working on a plan to let the distributors get back…

Ohio lawmakers just passed a law last year building a wall between the companies generating power and those distributing it. But now one lawmaker is working on a plan to let the distributors get back into the generation market. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/03/d...

Support Ohio S.B. 329, which would forbid toxic, radioactive wastewater brine-spreading on Ohio roads.

Radium in gas and oil waste brine contaminates water and soils.

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Solar energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels, in addition to being no-emissions and reliable with battery storage. (U.S. Solar Supplier Photo)

@firstsolar.com national poll: 70% of Republicans who voted for Trump support solar if panels are American-made, with no ties to China. bit.ly/46oLV7i

If Ohio Republicans embraced solar energy, we'd generate cheap, clean energy and add permanent LOCAL jobs.

Why don't they?

Two surprising deviations from Ohio party line opinion on the U.S.- Iran attack: @greglandsman.bsky.social and Warren Davidson. Enquirer: bit.ly/4cpvHi5

@saveohioparks.bsky.social: Do the right, ethical thing for Ohioans all the time, especially by saying No! to fracking our public lands.

These books will open your eyes wide about potential drinking water contamination from data centers and fracking under Ohio state parks and public lands-- as well as related illness, pollution and climate change connected to gas and oil.

The first exposes Big Oil; the second provides rays of hope.

Amid utility corruption trial, leaked GOP bill would allow for electric companies to own nuclear Ohio is moving to allow electric utilities to own nuclear power, according to a leaked bill draft obtained by News 5 Cleveland.

The new H.B. 6? Possible legislation would allow utilities to own nuclear power plants.

Trouble is, one company benefitting from it is part of Ohio's largest-ever energy corruption scheme-- AEP. @morgantrau.bsky.social @news5cleveland.bsky.social: bit.ly/46w0GFu

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Ohio corruption trial traces tactics to prop up nuclear and coal… Former FirstEnergy execs Chuck Jones and Mike Dowling face state criminal charges connected to HB 6 bailout maneuvers, for which Ohioans are still paying…

FirstEnergy H.B. 6 bribery trial for former execs affects not just Ohioans, but all Americans.

Corruption undermines democracy when government officials serve individuals or companies instead of the public. @kmkowalski.bsky.social: bit.ly/4r6eBcT

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Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

AI tool created 20,000 public comments to tank a California bill placing a fee on natural gas-powered appliances in effort to reduce methane gas pollution. @hayleysmith.bsky.social @phys.org.web.brid.gy: bit.ly/4sjzeDj

Don't let cheaters prosper in Ohio. AI is not people.

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How poisonous mercury can get from coal‑fired power plants into fish you eat • Ohio Capital Journal The Environmental Protection Agency established rules limiting mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in an effort to improve air quality and public health. The Trump administration just weake...

Indiana University's Gabriel Filippelli on new EPA mercury rule:

Coal plant emissions harm youth brain development and cause low IQ.

Mercury poisons fish like smallmouth bass, walleye, largemouth bass, lake trout and Northern pike. @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3OwlI0H

Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species.

North America lost 3 B birds since 1970.

New study: Pesticides, fertilizers and amount of cropland are to blame.

Biggest bird loss accelerations: in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, California. @borenbears.bsky.social @apnews.com: bit.ly/46s4doh

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Ohio's water quality is a time-bomb if fracking is expanded and even more toxic, radioactive wastewater brine injected into existing Class ll injection wells. The wells are known to leak and risk contamination of area drinking water. (ODNR Image)

@saveohioparks.bsky.social correction: In a recent photo caption, we said Ohio had 270,00 oil and gas wells, 20,000 orphaned or abandoned wells, and 676 active oil and gas wells.

AI data was wrong: Ohio DNR reports 50,000 active oil and gas wells.

How can ODNR keep up on safely monitoring them?

Emperor Penguins moult to survive, but scientists fear it may now be killing them Each year the birds must stay on floating ice long enough to replace their weather-beaten feathers.

In 2022-24, Antarctic sea ice shrank significantly, depriving penguins safe places to moult. Georgina Rennard @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social: bit.ly/404zEkZ

If penguins or another beloved species are tipped into extinction, U.S. energy policy will be named and blamed by the world.

Smoke rises in the sky after blasts were heard in Manama, Bahrain on Saturday, February 28, 2026. (Thomson Reuters Photo)

U.S. and Israel strike Iran, claiming it's time for regime change. bit.ly/4u6Psl8

People, the environment, ecology and economies are shattered by war, sometimes for generations.

Where is Congress? Why did Congress and SCOTUS let this happen?

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Salt Fork State Park is the first Ohio state park to be fracked for natural gas (methane gas) by the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC). There are no environmentalists or scientists on the OGLMC. The governor-appointed commission consists of Theresa White, chief operating officer of Ohio Department of Natural Resources; retiree Jim McGregor, former governmental affairs officer and board member for the Ohio Natural Areas and Preserves Association; Andrew Goode, oil and gas attorney with Olivia Good; Stephen Buehrer, attorney and partner with Carpenter, Lipps & Leland; and Anthony Jesko, attorney and shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. (Ohio Department of Natural Resources Photo)

Ohioans who care about protecting our pristine public lands from industrialization and protect our health, clean air, water and biodiversity:

Act now and tell the OGLMC to say NO to fracking our beautiful state parks and public lands. Nora Igelnik WOSU: bit.ly/4kZ3UY9

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Ohio S.B. 294 would declare natural gas 'clean' energy and change siting rules to codify quashing renewables. @annastaver.bsky.social @cleveland.com via MSN: bit.ly/402nlWl

Sen. George Lang needs energy info update: Solar is cheaper, faster to install than fossil fuels, reliable w/ batteries.

Without big changes, this is what the environment will look like in 2050 The seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) offers a stark vision of the decades to come. But its authors say the worst forecasts can still be avoided if countries quickly take meani...

The world approaches climate thresholds from which there may be no return.

Thawing permafrost releasing massive amounts of methane is just part of the picture. @unep.org: bit.ly/3ZVz8FX

No fracking Ohio state parks & public lands.

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Brian Chavez is a great example of Republican Party ethos: Earn your power through appointment and then use your seat to enrich yourself and pollute your community.

Word game in Ohio bill can’t make nuc­lear or gas ‘clean’ Sen­ate Bill 294 addresses energy project sit­ing decisions, but it con­tains a major flaw. It declares nuc­lear power and fracked gas to be “clean” ener­gies.

Speaking of fraud, but in Ohio: Nuclear power and natural gas energy have something frightening in common: we're not safely managing their radioactive, cancer-causing wastes.

@saveohioparks.bsky.social on Ohio S.B. 294, from @dispatch.com: bit.ly/4sc6Kvc

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Sam Alito has an oil money problem Nearly 30 percent of Alito’s individual stock portfolio is directly tied to fossil fuels.

Supreme Court Judge Sam Alito should recuse himself from hearing high-stakes climate change case.

30% of his stock portfolio is tied to gas and oil. @emorwee.bsky.social Heated substack: bit.ly/46Xynjm

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Trump touts ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda – but no mention of climate crisis President derided Biden’s ‘green new scam’ during State of the Union address, and hailed the rise in US oil production

Prez Trump's State of the Union ignored climate change, yet that's what billions of us care about most: @theguardian.com: bit.ly/4aLNa1H

Trump and his oligarch and gas & oil cronies are killing the planet faster by expanding fossil fuels energy for AI.

By the numbers: Green dots depict some of the 270,000 oil and gas wells in Ohio, with blank spaces where the oil and gas industry wants to frack— Jefferson Township in Guernsey County, home of Salt Fork State Park, and Kirkwood Township in Belmont County. Black lines indicate fracking wells. Ohio has 20,000 orphaned, or abandoned wells and 676 active wells.(Ohio Department of Natural Resources Image)

All who love Ohio state parks and public lands need to tell the oil and gas commission to deny fracking an additional 8,749 acres at Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Valley WA. @yahoofinance.com: bit.ly/4kSsRo9

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Study: Data centers emit nitrogen dioxide and inhalable particles that could cause 100,000 and 200,000 premature deaths each year.

Ohio communities need health assessments before centers are approved. Katie Millard @nbc4i.com: bit.ly/40sAfNk

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Read the complete transcript of Trump's 2026 State of the Union President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, delivered on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, as transcribed by The Associated Press.

ICYMI: Prez Trump announced in longest State of the Union ever that data centers would be obliged to provide power for operations and that 80 M gallons of oil has been sent to the U.S. in wake of the U.S. Venezuelan government takeover. Full text @apnews.com: bit.ly/4aOHWSN

Data centers: Where’s the beef? Data centers are growing exponentially all around the country. One is being discussed in Washington County, Ohio. There is no data center being planned in Wood County, W.Va., but the state government ...

To local Ohio officials: if you approve a data center in your jurisdiction, that data center will bring with it a gas plant-- with no public notice, no public information session, no public hearing. George Banziger Marietta Times: bit.ly/4s8mfnU

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Ohio EPA Considers ‘Lowering of Water Quality’ Necessary for Data Center Growth Discover the potential consequences for Ohio water quality with the proposed permit for data centers and its environmental impact.

Over 7,000 public comments sent to Ohio EPA expressed concern over proposed general wastewater permits for Ohio data centers. Christian Thorsberg @circleofblue.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qSVGC7

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PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk • Ohio Capital Journal A review of plastic "forever chemical" studies from each of the Great Lakes found the highest PFAS concentrations in Lakes Ontario and Lake Erie, which represents the vast majority of Ohio's northern ...

@uwmadison.bsky.social research on PFAS in the Great Lakes: @remucal.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4aI9MjK

@saveohioparks.bsky.social takeaway: test your water; watch fish consumption; demand PFAS-free products; decrease its use.

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