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The Great Lakes give millions of us clean drinking water, but plastic waste keeps piling up in them. Big plastic makers need to step up and fix this.
Read the full report from the Chicago Tribune:
chicagotribune.com/2026/08/2…
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State-maintained highways are not shown. ODOT and the Ohio Turnpike stopped using these deicers, but local governments can still use them. Learn about Ohio State’s exposure study: linktr.ee/buckeyeenvironment…. Questions? [email protected]
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Ohio State University created this map from annual public reports showing where radioactive oil and gas waste brine is spread on local roads. Ohio legalized the practice in 1985 despite concerns from staff at ODNR and the Ohio Department of Health.
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Dr. David Jeffery recently wrote in the Ohio Capital Journal that Ohio must treat migrating radioactive fracking waste as an emergency. Our latest blog shares excerpts from his op-ed and more on the evidence and local organizing behind it
benohio.org/dr-david-jeffery…
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Thanks @WTAP for the coverage. A voluntary shutdown is not a formal order. We’re calling on ODNR to issue suspension orders and establish a three-year injection well moratorium. Our drinking water deserves enforceable protections.
wtap.com/2026/08/25/washingt…
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Trump's donor just got $900 million of our tax dollars in his latest scheme to cancel offshore wind projects & boost fossil fuels
“Even by MAGA standards, this seems exceptionally dodgy.”
washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Check out this episode of Green Arenas.! Host Robert Carrillo speaks with Cat Adams of Buckeye Environmental Network about the hidden dangers of plastic pyrolysis, a technology often marketed as “chemical recycling.”
greenarenaspod.com/episodes#…
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We are excited that The Columbus Dispatch is giving this fight the attention it deserves, and highlighting the work of Marietta City Council President Susan Vessels,BEN, and so many local residents who have kept pushing for answers.
dispatch.com/story/news/loca…
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People in Marietta want Ohio to keep fracking wastewater injection wells away from their drinking water.
“The science is on our side, and we are willing to fight for a future that includes clean water.”
Read Susan Vessels’ full op-ed on our blog
benohio.org/op-ed-marietta-f…
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Home solar permits can take up to 30 days in Ohio. More than 335 towns and cities, including Athens, use SolarAPP+ to issue them right away.
Join Third Act Ohio on Zoom Sept. 9 from 1–2 p.m. to learn how to bring it to your town. thirdact.org/ohio/events/sim…
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Talk about #greenwashing!? @Between8Waters When sustainability claims end up in court plasticsnews.com/opinion/kic…
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For more information, view our press release here:
bit.ly/ODNR-2WK
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ODNR gave Ohioans just two weeks to comment on nine oil and gas rules it plans to leave unchanged. These rules are reviewed only once every five years. Send comments to BOTH emails by Aug 3:
[email protected] + [email protected]
Demand more time.
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Athens County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution opposing data centers. BEN’s Roxanne Groff and Heather Cantino, who organize with Athens County’s Future Action Network, developed the proposal.
benohio.org/press-release-da…
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Join Beyond Plastics on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT for a free educational webinar about a groundbreaking study that exposes the unsustainable economic and societal costs of plastic pollution.
The Duke University research team will unpack their report, The Social Cost of Plastic to the United States, in this live discussion.
The report estimates that the social cost of plastic is between $436 billion and $1.1 trillion annually.
Register at beyondplastics.org/events
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Reading: Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’ ift.tt/rfJ9Wvo
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When you want to build in areas where you think the population can’t do anything about it. Organize and show them they are wrong. @Between8Waters @ccbecker271
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Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/…
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Plastic pollution is a global and escalating threat affecting birds across oceans, coasts, and inland ecosystems. 90% of seabirds have ingested plastic and even small amounts can be deadline. In fact, as few as 11 microplastic particles can give a seabird a 50% chance of death. Get the facts.
beyondplastics.org/fact-shee…
