<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Sorry, friends, to bug you yet again, but I am motivated to DO SOMETHING, now more than ever. The information below from the Buckeye Environmental Network isn\u2019t asking you to call or write to anyone immediately. They just want you to be informed about what\u2019s coming in the Ohio Legislature, so that you can educate yourself. One of these days, we will be asked to contact our legislators and comment on these bills, but not yet. Now is the time to learn about them. I hope you will read the email below, and as they ask: <u>stay tuned</u>!<div><br></div><div>\u2014dawn<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Buckeye Environmental Network" <bev.reed@benohio.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Two Environmental Bills in the Ohio Legislature You Should Care About</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">April 7, 2025 at 2:28:19\u202fPM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dawn Hewitt" <hewitt@earth-maker.com><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bev.reed@benohio.org<br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><table class="nl-container" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 1.5;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 42px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;">Learn about two important bills in the Ohio legislature<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></strong></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 18px;">The Ohio House Natural Resources Committee meeting is this Wednesday at 9 AM</span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-3" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="600" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 600px; margin: 0px auto;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><table class="empty_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-4" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="600" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 600px; margin: 0px auto;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top;"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 1.5;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Hi Dawn,</span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"> </p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Buckeye Environmental Network has been tracking a number of bills in the Ohio legislature this legislative session, and two of them will have sponsor testimony this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wednesday at 9:00AM.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please read on to learn about the bills, why you should care, and what you can do about them.</span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"> </p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">The two bills we want to alert you to are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379694/538149646/-353608409?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);">H. B. No. 170<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>"Establish process to regulate carbon capture, storage technology" and <a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379697/538149650/-1416020153?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);">H. B. No. 71</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"Require certain info disclosure for wells drilled in state parks". Both will have sponsor testimony this Wednesday in the House Natural Resources Committee.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please tune in to the Natural Resources Committee meeting on the "<a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379701/538149653/913569324?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);">Ohio Channel</a>"</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>internet broadcast website at meeting start time to hear what the bill sponsors have to say about their bills.</span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"> </p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here's what you should know about H.B. 170:</strong></u></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"> </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;">A new push to inject massive, unprecedented volumes of industrial carbon dioxide (CO\u2082) beneath our homes and communities using carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) poses serious risks to human health and the environment and raises questions about economic viability. (See infographics on CCS below in this email.)</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none;"> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;">Carbon storage is<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>unpredictable, largely untested, and unsafe.</strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent;">Ohio\u2019s potential carbon storage reservoirs are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent;">overlaid by tens of thousands of abandoned<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent;">oil & gas wells, which could be conduits for CO2 to leak and migrate. Earthquakes are also a risk.</span></span></span></li></ul></li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.5;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">H.B. 170</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a bill that would allow companies to store dangerous, acidic carbon dioxide underneath Ohioans property<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">without their consent. </strong>It allows companies to only obtain 70% of land owners' consent before CO2 injection, allowing them to use "force pooling" to require other landowners to have CO2 underneath their land. </span></li></ul></li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">H.B. 170 would let carbon storage developers<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>off the hook</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for long-term responsibility over their projects with a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">\u201cliability transfer\u201d clause.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The clause allows developers to walk away from projects and any long-term consequences or emergency response mandates, incentivizing companies to cut corners on well construction, maintenance, and monitoring.</span></li></ul></li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.5;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">The bill would also give<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ODNR exclusive authority</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to regulate carbon injection wells,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">taking away the rights of local governments</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to decide whether and how they want carbon injection to occur in their communities.</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 600px;"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 600px;"><img src="https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/images/van/EA/EA016/1/106535/images/Screenshot%20%28128%29.png" width="600" alt="" title="" height="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; border: 0px; width: 600px;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="spacer_block block-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 60px; line-height: 60px; font-size: 1px;">\u200a</div><table class="image_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 600px;"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 600px;"><img src="https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/images/van/EA/EA016/1/106535/images/Screenshot%20%28130%29.png" width="600" alt="" title="" height="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; border: 0px; width: 600px;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 1.2;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here's what you should know about H.B. 71:</strong></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">The Ohio legislature approved fracking under our beloved state parks and public lands in 2022, and companies have recently started to drill. To learn more or to be involved in state-wide efforts with that campaign, please contact<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379704/538149658/-944617060?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);">Save Ohio Parks</a>, one of BEN's partner groups. </span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"> </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">H.B. 71</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>aims to protect first responders and communities by requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals and other substances they are using in the process to the ODNR<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">60 days prior to injecting</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>anything into the earth. Currently, the companies only have to do so 30 days<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">after<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>injection. This allows first responders in the areas to be fracked time to have information regarding the toxins they are dealing with when fighting fires and blow-outs at well pad sites. It is also important for EMS workers and police officers to have information on these chemicals so they know how to treat impacted people.</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"> </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">The bill also requires the ODNR to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">post the chemicals on their website immediately</strong> for the public to see. As it is now, people must request that information, and it takes sometimes weeks or months for ODNR to provide information.</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"> </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">The bill does not include certain trade secret chemicals to be disclosed - those are protected by other laws. That is a serious issue as well, and presents major challenges to first responders and fire fighters who respond to well pad accidents, of which there have been many.</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"> </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">There was recently a<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>well pad explosion and fire<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>at the Groh well pad owned by Gulfport Appalachia just 5.7 miles \u2013 a seven-minute drive along SR 22 \u2013 from the entrance to Salt Fork State Park. Gulfport was involved in $3.7 million EPA settlement. The Groh well pad was one of the 17 subject facilities listed in the EPA-Gulfport<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;">consent decree. This is a stark reminder of why we should not be fracking near or under state parks.</span></span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"> </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;">Over the past eight years, approximately<a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379708/538149662/1529980599?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>2,000 incidents<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>associated with oil and gas wells occurred in Ohio. Buckeye Environmental Network has been tracking and writing detailed reports of those incidents. See our Facebook page with a listing of those reports<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379710/538149667/-670831672?profile_tab_item_selected=about&_rdr&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);">here</a>. </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">The state of Ohio is not adequately protecting it</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">s citizens from the oil and gas industry. Instead, they are passing more bills that prioritize the industry's interests over the people who live here. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 600px;"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 600px;"><img src="https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/images/van/EA/EA016/1/106535/images/Gulfport%20well%20pad%20fire.%20ODNR%20photo.jpg" width="600" alt="Groh well pad explosion near Salt Fork state park in Ohio in January " title="Groh well pad explosion near Salt Fork state park in Ohio in January " height="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; border: 0px; width: 600px;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 1.2;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 10px;">Groh well pad explosion near Salt Fork state park in Ohio in January</span> </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-5" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="600" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 600px; margin: 0px auto;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: top;"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 1.2;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 26px;">What can you do about it?</span></strong></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"> </p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learn about these two issues.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>The images above on carbon capture are very helpful educational tools. We've listed out the main issues with the carbon capture bill, as well as why carbon capture is harmful to communities and why it doesn't make sense environmentally or economically.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;">Tune in to the Natural Resources Committee meeting this Wednesday at 9AM on the "<a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/105379713/538149669/913569324?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAxNi8xLzEwNjUzNSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJmYTRhNTkwYS1kZTEzLWYwMTEtOGIzZC0wMDIyNDgyYTlmYjciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImhld2l0dEBlYXJ0aC1tYWtlci5jb20iDQp9&hmac=zgosn4OZ-vGA6G8MnWcTpiV0-Anq-6PoLnS5rNfjd-4=&emci=cb8f84de-be13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa4a590a-de13-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=22742358" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 138, 230);">Ohio Channel</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent;">" website. You can listen to the bill sponsors discuss their bills. </span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stay tuned to Buckeye Environmental Network on these bills.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>We will need as many people as we can get to speak out on these two bills! Attending the committee meetings in person is always helpful, but submitting written comment is important, too. Opponent testimony for H.B. 170 could be as early as next week. We won't know when we can submit opposition testimony until the chair decides to move the bill forward to the next stage. The same goes for support testimony for H.B. 71.</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;"> </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">If you would like us to contact you</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>when the testimony days will be for these bills, please email Bev at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bev.reed@benohio.org" style="box-sizing: border-box;">bev.reed@benohio.org</a>, or simply respond to this email with that request. We will contact you when it's time to submit testimony. 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