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2009-12-03
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| Ohio is at a crossroads: recent data shows that Ohio has the 2nd highest amount of CO2 pollution from power plants; but at the same time state businesses, veterans, and world leaders are coming together to lay the groundwork for a clean energy future for Ohio, America, and the entire world. When President Obama addresses the United Nations climate negotiators in Copenhagen next week, several Ohioans will be present to convey Ohio’s support for a clean energy future. Several representatives of Ohio based businesses will explain how limiting global warming emissions can stimulate Ohio businesses, while Iraq war veteran Glen Kunkle of Akron, Ohio will detail why the U.S. dependence on fossil fuels is a national security disaster. U.S. leadership on climate issues marks a turning point for the Country. While developments on the international scene are encouraging, a new report from Environment Ohio puts into sharp relief the devastating effects that Ohio’s dependence on coal-fired electricity is having on our climate.
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2009-11-12
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| Ohio’s global warming pollution increased by 10 percent since 1990, according to a new analysis of government data released today by Environment Ohio: Too Much Pollution: State and National Trends in Global Warming Emissions from 1990-2007. Ohio ranks 4th nationwide for the highest levels of global warming pollution. |
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2009-09-23
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| Columbus, OH - In 2008, people in Ohio saved over 52 million gallons of gasoline by riding transit– the amount consumed by 91,600 cars in Ohio. Transportation is responsible for more than two-thirds of our dependence on foreign oil, and about one-third of our carbon dioxide pollution Environment Ohio outlined in their new report “Getting On Track: Record Transit Ridership Increases Energy Independence.” |
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2009-04-17
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| Columbus, Ohio – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed finding that carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants, which come mostly from burning fossil fuels, are a threat to public health and welfare.
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2009-04-09
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| Zanesville, OH – Global warming could cost corn growers in Ohio $50 million a year, according to a new report by Environment Ohio. Ohio ranks 8th for highest damage estimates. Nationwide, the damages to America’s #1 crop total more than $1.4 billion annually. Environment Ohio expects these costs to go up unless Congress and the president take decisive action to repower America with clean energy and reduce global warming pollution. |
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2008-12-17
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| Columbus, Ohio — Today, Environment Ohio released a new report “What’s at Stake: How Global Warming Threatens the Buckeye State.” The report details the environmental and economic harms that may result from Ohio’s changing climate. |
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2008-10-15
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| As the presidential candidates prepare to discuss some of the most important issues facing our country at their final debate tonight, Environment Ohio released a new report documenting that the average temperatures across Ohio in 2007 were up at least 1°F above the historical average. |
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2008-07-11
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| Columbus, Ohioâ€â€Environment Ohio strongly criticized the Bush EPA’s announcement today that it will further delay action in response to last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring the EPA to reconsider its 2003 decision not to regulate global warming emissions under the Clean Air Act. |
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2008-06-18
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| Today, Environment Ohio released a new report, Global Warming Solutions that Work, which details more than 20 examples of cutting-edge policies and practices that communities, states and countries are using to reduce global warming pollution. |
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2008-03-20
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| Columbus, Ohio — The heavy rains and flooding that have impacted Ohio this week can be seen in the context of a long-term shift in weather patterns, driven by global warming. |
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2007-12-06
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| WASHINGTON, DC: Environment America today commended the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee for passing important global warming legislation, the “Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007†(S. 2191), but urged the Senate to strengthen the bill to achieve what the science says is needed to prevent the worst effects of global warming. |
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2007-12-04
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| 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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2007-11-15
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| MILWAUKEE – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland joined with 11 Midwestern Governors to take steps to address global warming by supporting regional goals for renewable energy and energy efficiency.Governor Strickland did not sign on to the full Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, choosing to only observe the carbon cap and trade provision. Nine other states joined the full multi-state regional agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions from dirty coal plants and other sources of electricity. |
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2007-09-13
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| A new study released today by some of the nation’s top medical experts along with Audubon Ohio, Environment Ohio, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) projects that residents in Cleveland and nine other U.S. cities will experience significantly fewer healthy air days as hotter temperatures caused by global warming speed the formation of the lung-damaging air pollutant commonly known as smog.
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2007-07-24
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| Columbus, Ohio— Temperatures are rising in Ohio’s cities according to a new report released today by Environment Ohio. Environment Ohio said this warmer-than-normal weather and droughts are indicative of what Ohio is likely to experience with continued global warming. |
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2007-05-04
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| The pollution reductions needed to stave off the worst effects of global warming can be achieved—if governments act now, according to a major consensus report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is a United Nations body charged with assessing the scientific record on global warming. |
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2007-04-12
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| Columbus, Ohio—Global warming pollution in Ohio increased by 7 % between 1990 and 2004, according to The Carbon Boom, a new analysis of state fossil fuel consumption data released today by Environment Ohio. This is the first time that 2004 state-by-state data on carbon dioxide emissions have been released. |
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2007-04-02
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| The U.S Supreme Court today ordered the federal government to give the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from cars and power plants. |
