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| 2010-01-20 | |
| Five members of Ohio’s Congressional delegation voted for the environment and clean energy jobs 100% of the time in the past year and a half, according to the annual Congressional Scorecard on major environmental issues released today by Environment Ohio. Representatives Boccieri, Driehaus, Kilroy, Space, and Sutton were all designated as “environmental champions” for votes tracked in the Scorecard. | |
| 2009-04-19 | |
| Columbus, Ohio - On Sunday, April 19th, Environment Ohio joined the Earth Day 09: Picture This celebration with Green Columbus and the Blue-Green Alliance to host a public forum on climate policy at the state and federal level. | |
| 2009-04-17 | |
| 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. | |
| 2008-12-15 | |
| President-elect Obama’s nomination of Carol Browner, Steven Chu, Lisa Jackson, and Nancy Sutley to top-level environmental positions represents a 180 degree turnaround for the United States on the environment and energy policy. With this team, the president-elect has made it clear that repowering America with clean energy and addressing global warming are top priorities for his administration. | |
| 2007-03-20 | |
| Environment Ohio applauded Representatives Tubbs-Jones and Kucinich for cosponsoring legislation introduced today to fight global warming. The Safe Climate Act would limit global warming pollution to levels that current science says are needed to prevent the worst effects of global warming. The bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of nearly 125 members led by Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chair of the House Oversight Committee and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. | |