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 Jeff McCourt
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| 2009-02-10 | |
| At a news conference today, Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the department would extend the public comment period on the draft five year plan for oil and gas development that the Bush administration put in place in its last days in office. | |
| 2008-09-24 | |
| As states face tight budgets in the economic downturn, a new report released by Environment Ohio today draws on the experience of 15 states in securing reliable funding for open space programs. | |
| 2006-03-06 | |
| Last week, the legislative leaders made it clear that they don’t intend to move a controversial, industry-backed drilling bill anytime soon. The bill, which Rep. Hagan (50-Alliance) had originally planned to introduce within the next few weeks, would open Ohio’s public lands—including state parks, forests, nature preserves, and Lake Erie—to oil and gas drilling. | |
| 2003-01-09 | |
| Cleveland, OH - At least four oil and gas drilling companies and one trade association have either formally or informally tried to gain access to the oil and gas under Lake Erie since 1998, according to a new report released today by the Ohio Public Interest Research Group. | |
| 2002-01-31 | |
| (Columbus, Ohio) - Drilling for natural gas and oil in Lake Erie would pose threats to the economy, environment, and human health, according to a new report by the Ohio Public Interest Research Group (Ohio PIRG). Never before released information about the impacts of drilling on the Canadian side of Lake Erie show it to be both polluting and accident-prone. According to Ohio PIRG, oil and gas drilling's significant health, economic, and environmental toll would come for a mere eight days of natural gas supply for Ohio per year. | |
| “In a vote of 20-2, with Republicans walking out on the vote, an American treasure received emergency help today from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources. Recognizing that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, Sub-committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) showed his courageous leadership by calling for a pause on a mining boom in the area of one of our most valued national treasures. | |