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Report: Warming trend threatens Ohio
- The Toledo Blade
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7/26/2007 |
| Temperatures are on the rise in Ohio and will keep rising unless pollution associated with global warming is drastically curtailed, according to a report released yesterday by Environment Ohio. | |
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| 7/26/2007 | |
| The state heated up last year, as temperatures were well above normal in Akron and other Ohio cities. | |
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For Ohio, clean-air fight carries vast stakes
- The Columbus Dispatch
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5/13/2007 |
| More than 12 million cars, trucks and motorcycles are registered in Ohio. Utilities run 24 coal-fired power plants scattered across the state. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Honda operate more than 25 automotive plants here. These are the main reasons that only California, Texas and Pennsylvania pour more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than Ohio. Miners dig up 24,000 tons of Ohio coal every year. | |
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Ohio's emissions rank fourth in U.S.
- Akron Beacon Journal
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4/13/2007 |
| Emissions of carbon dioxide, a gas key to global warming, grew by 7 percent in Ohio from 1990 to 2004, and the state ranked fourth overall in the emissions, which were mostly from coal-burning power plants and vehicles. | |
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Ohio's carbon emissions near top
- The Cincinnati Enquirer
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4/13/2007 |
| Ohio is the fourth-leading producer among the states of pollution that causes global warming, according to a new study. Environment Ohio, a public advocacy group, reported the ranking Thursday in a national study of carbon dioxide emissions. | |
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| 2007-12-4 | |
| Columbus, Ohio-Scientists have said for years that global warming was "loading the dice" when it comes to increasing the frequency of severe storms, and a new Environment Ohio report makes it clear that Ohio is already experiencing extreme downpours much more frequently. Specifically, the new report found that storms with heavy rainfall are now 43 percent more frequent in Ohio than they were 60 years ago. | |
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Strickland caught between coal and a hard place
- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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11/17/2007 |
| Pressure and time. Crank up some heat, and that's the basic recipe that nature has followed for millions of years to create the coal beds in Ohio's soil. Those elements were also at play in Milwaukee last week, when Gov. Ted Strickland found himself in a delicate political situation as Midwestern governors gathered to sign a pair of regionwide agreements. | |
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Global warming's impact grows; Mainstream issue affecting energy policies
- The Dayton Daily News
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10/7/2007 |
| COLUMBUS — Maybe it was Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" or $3-a-gallon gasoline. Or perhaps it was Hurricane Katrina's harsh demonstration of the wrath of severe weather. | |
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Report Highlights Policies That Reduce Global Warming
- The Hannah Report
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06/18/2008 |
| Environment Ohio released the report, “Global Warming Solutions that Work,†on Wednesday that details policies and practices that other states and countries are using to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | |
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Gore-y details
- Columbus Alive
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05/01/2008 |
| Hillary Clinton supports drastically reducing greenhouse gases, slashing oil imports and investing in green technology. Barack Obama supports similar ideas, hoping by 2050 to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent of levels measured in 1990. And John McCain says that Americans are "vested with a sacred duty" as stewards of natural resources. | |
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