Dr. Peggy
@drpeggy70.bsky.social
I saw the world for what it was so I want to change it for the better. Environmental Activist PhD, registered nurse, futurist, workplace safety and health, into mentoring those who are being bullied
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Who's behind fake comments in Crossroads Solar project? @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4ada2XI
Who benefits if the project is killed?
A state allowing corruption is corrupt.
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social
Who benefits if the project is killed?
A state allowing corruption is corrupt.
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social
Are faked public comments about to tank an Ohio solar farm?
Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio’s siting board may block the project anyway.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Who's behind fake comments in Crossroads Solar project? @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4ada2XI
Who benefits if the project is killed?
A state allowing corruption is corrupt.
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social
Who benefits if the project is killed?
A state allowing corruption is corrupt.
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social
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A Stella, Wis. resident tested her well water and found it had cancer-causing PFAS levels of 11,500 parts per trillion.
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells
The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
A Stella, Wis. resident tested her well water and found it had cancer-causing PFAS levels of 11,500 parts per trillion.
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
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This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
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Former FirstEnergy CEO's late-night visit asking exec to lie about an advertising scheme should spark interest in Ohio's largest-ever bribery scandal. Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social : bit.ly/4a5LCzv
@kmkowalski.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @cleantechfacts.bsky.social
@kmkowalski.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @cleantechfacts.bsky.social
Trial begins of ex-FirstEnergy CEO accused bribery scheme
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a major piece of what’s likely the biggest corruption scandal in Ohio history.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Former FirstEnergy CEO's late-night visit asking exec to lie about an advertising scheme should spark interest in Ohio's largest-ever bribery scandal. Jake Zuckerman @signalohio.bsky.social : bit.ly/4a5LCzv
@kmkowalski.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @cleantechfacts.bsky.social
@kmkowalski.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @cleantechfacts.bsky.social
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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@saveohioparks.bsky.social is among 12 Ohio groups, including @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social and Freshwater Accountability Project supporting Washington County for Safe Drinking Water's call for ethics investigation into Sen. Brian Chavez. @megankhenry.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3Zx7nDf
Republican Ohio state senator faces ethics complaint over alleged oil and gas conflicts • Ohio Capital Journal
Washington County for Safe Drinking recently filed an ethics complaint with the Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee against Republican Ohio State Senator Brian Chavez.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
@saveohioparks.bsky.social is among 12 Ohio groups, including @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social and Freshwater Accountability Project supporting Washington County for Safe Drinking Water's call for ethics investigation into Sen. Brian Chavez. @megankhenry.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3Zx7nDf
I'm attending Greenpeace USA's event, “Greenpeace USA Panel on Report - Bad Neighbor: Energy Transfer's Pattern of Pollution and Violations” www.mobilize.us/greenpeace/e...
Greenpeace USA Panel on Report - Bad Neighbor: Energy Transfer's Pattern of Pollution and Violations · Greenpeace USA
Greenpeace USA has released a damning new report that exposes a years-long pattern of environmental destruction, safety violations, and corporate impunity by oil and gas polluter Energy Transfer (ET)....
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January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I'm attending Greenpeace USA's event, “Greenpeace USA Panel on Report - Bad Neighbor: Energy Transfer's Pattern of Pollution and Violations” www.mobilize.us/greenpeace/e...
I'm attending League of Women Voters Ohio's event, “Defend Democracy: Toledo-area Teach-In for Civic Engagement” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/lwvohio/even...
Defend Democracy: Toledo-area Teach-In for Civic Engagement · League of Women Voters Ohio
Are you tired of wringing your hands about the state of the world and ready to go out and make a difference? We've got you!
The biggest way to make democracy work is to help more people participate i...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I'm attending League of Women Voters Ohio's event, “Defend Democracy: Toledo-area Teach-In for Civic Engagement” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/lwvohio/even...
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What happens to Great Lakes water if the 70-year-old Enbridge Line 5 natural gas pipeline under Straits of Mackinac fails?
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
What happens to Great Lakes water if the 70-year-old Enbridge Line 5 natural gas pipeline under Straits of Mackinac fails?
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @davidpepperoh.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social
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ICYMI: USGS research says orphan gas and oil wells threaten aquifers across U.S. — Appalachian Ohio is high on the list.
Half of nation’s orphan wells are in aquifers that supply over 90% of the water we consume. Erin Gottsacker
The Ohio Newsroom: bit.ly/3TMGlEW
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Half of nation’s orphan wells are in aquifers that supply over 90% of the water we consume. Erin Gottsacker
The Ohio Newsroom: bit.ly/3TMGlEW
@drpeggy70.bsky.social
Orphan wells pose threat to groundwater in Ohio
The Appalachian Basin – which includes parts of eastern Ohio – is one of the areas where aquifers are most at risk.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:18 PM
ICYMI: USGS research says orphan gas and oil wells threaten aquifers across U.S. — Appalachian Ohio is high on the list.
Half of nation’s orphan wells are in aquifers that supply over 90% of the water we consume. Erin Gottsacker
The Ohio Newsroom: bit.ly/3TMGlEW
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Half of nation’s orphan wells are in aquifers that supply over 90% of the water we consume. Erin Gottsacker
The Ohio Newsroom: bit.ly/3TMGlEW
@drpeggy70.bsky.social
We've signed on to the @momscleanairforce.org letter along with 189 organizations to ask Congress to hold EPA & Administrator Zeldin accountable for protecting human health and the environment. app.sosha.ai/s/EoV2XkGf
Coalition of 189 Organizations Call on Congress to Hold EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Accountable
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January 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
We've signed on to the @momscleanairforce.org letter along with 189 organizations to ask Congress to hold EPA & Administrator Zeldin accountable for protecting human health and the environment. app.sosha.ai/s/EoV2XkGf
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Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay, from Trump’s play for Venezuela’s oil?
⬆️Profit: Big Oil + major investors
⬇️Pay: The people of Venezuela, US taxpayers + our climate
🧵 Get into the details with us: bit.ly/4swOFsK
⬆️Profit: Big Oil + major investors
⬇️Pay: The people of Venezuela, US taxpayers + our climate
🧵 Get into the details with us: bit.ly/4swOFsK
Trump’s reckless grab for power, riches, and oil in Venezuela
Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay? “Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see; oil will bring us ruin. Oil is the Devil's excrement" – Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso…
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January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay, from Trump’s play for Venezuela’s oil?
⬆️Profit: Big Oil + major investors
⬇️Pay: The people of Venezuela, US taxpayers + our climate
🧵 Get into the details with us: bit.ly/4swOFsK
⬆️Profit: Big Oil + major investors
⬇️Pay: The people of Venezuela, US taxpayers + our climate
🧵 Get into the details with us: bit.ly/4swOFsK
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Ohio EPA wastewater permits to cool data center equipment alarms enviro groups concerned rivers and streams will be polluted and rural water treatment ill-equipped to treat it for toxic chemicals like PFAS. Kevin Landers @10tv.com.web.brid.gy : bit.ly/4qBS07X
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Ohio EPA reviewing data center discharge permits amid water quality concerns
Ohio's plan to permit data centers to discharge cooling water into local waterways sparks concern over potential contamination and environmental harm.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Ohio EPA wastewater permits to cool data center equipment alarms enviro groups concerned rivers and streams will be polluted and rural water treatment ill-equipped to treat it for toxic chemicals like PFAS. Kevin Landers @10tv.com.web.brid.gy : bit.ly/4qBS07X
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@drpeggy70.bsky.social
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Sometimes you learn more by asking the right questions than by getting immediate answers. Jay Shakur @wcpo9news.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qm7i1c
Kudos to Wilmington residents asking those questions.
@wvxu.org @ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
Kudos to Wilmington residents asking those questions.
@wvxu.org @ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
Wilmington planning commission tables Amazon Data Center proposal after company reps fail to answer questions
Dozens of residents attended Tuesday's meeting to voice concerns about the proposed facility, which would be located off U.S. 68 near the Timber Glen subdivision if approved.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Sometimes you learn more by asking the right questions than by getting immediate answers. Jay Shakur @wcpo9news.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qm7i1c
Kudos to Wilmington residents asking those questions.
@wvxu.org @ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
Kudos to Wilmington residents asking those questions.
@wvxu.org @ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
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Ohio's industrial water demands will skyrocket at the same time experts expect farmers will need to irrigate fields during critical growing period of July through September. Alan Miller The Reporting Project @signalohio.bsky.social : bit.ly/4q8IKII
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Dramatic surge predicted in Ohio water demand puts farmers and industry on collision course
Experts say now is the time for state officials to induce conservation, re-use of ‘gray’ industrial water and set limits on water extraction. One industry leader described Ohio’s limited regulation as...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Ohio's industrial water demands will skyrocket at the same time experts expect farmers will need to irrigate fields during critical growing period of July through September. Alan Miller The Reporting Project @signalohio.bsky.social : bit.ly/4q8IKII
@chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social
@chrisrgibbs.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social
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The Daily Accident Report- Oil and Gas is back.
After more than 8 years of Ohio ODNR citations and warnings, the Altier Brothers' Dale Dew #2 in Perry County is essentially abandoned.
But is it leaking gas and oil into local streams? DAR #101: bit.ly/4ql5xBm
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After more than 8 years of Ohio ODNR citations and warnings, the Altier Brothers' Dale Dew #2 in Perry County is essentially abandoned.
But is it leaking gas and oil into local streams? DAR #101: bit.ly/4ql5xBm
@drpeggy70.bsky.social
Redirecting...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The Daily Accident Report- Oil and Gas is back.
After more than 8 years of Ohio ODNR citations and warnings, the Altier Brothers' Dale Dew #2 in Perry County is essentially abandoned.
But is it leaking gas and oil into local streams? DAR #101: bit.ly/4ql5xBm
@drpeggy70.bsky.social
After more than 8 years of Ohio ODNR citations and warnings, the Altier Brothers' Dale Dew #2 in Perry County is essentially abandoned.
But is it leaking gas and oil into local streams? DAR #101: bit.ly/4ql5xBm
@drpeggy70.bsky.social
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We have *30* climate and environmental justice organizations co-signing our statement calling on all civil society organizations to DIVEST from hiring lobbyists who work for the American Chemistry Council. Add your org today! No more double agent lobbyists. actionnetwork.org/forms/divest...
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
We have *30* climate and environmental justice organizations co-signing our statement calling on all civil society organizations to DIVEST from hiring lobbyists who work for the American Chemistry Council. Add your org today! No more double agent lobbyists. actionnetwork.org/forms/divest...
#plasticpoisonspeople Look to plastic for chronic #diseases. Stop #Fracking #OhioParks.
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What we learned about microplastics in 2025
The year has been full of scary details about the tiny particles. Here’s what we know now.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#plasticpoisonspeople Look to plastic for chronic #diseases. Stop #Fracking #OhioParks.
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We’d love to see a copy of the report cited in the story.
Who wrote it? Who paid for it to be written? What proofs, research and studies are included in it?
Because a county commissioner may be tired of a topic isn't a good reason to dismiss it.
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @movca.bsky.social
Who wrote it? Who paid for it to be written? What proofs, research and studies are included in it?
Because a county commissioner may be tired of a topic isn't a good reason to dismiss it.
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @movca.bsky.social
Residents spoke to Washington County commissioners about injection wells and drinking water safety at the final 2025 meeting. Officials said they believe current regulation is adequate.
Public engagement is carrying into the new year.
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Public engagement is carrying into the new year.
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Water worries: County Commission hears injection well concerns
The continuing issue of injection wells was discussed Wednesday during the final meeting of the year by the Washington County Commission. Commission President Charlie Schilling and Commissioner Eddie ...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
We’d love to see a copy of the report cited in the story.
Who wrote it? Who paid for it to be written? What proofs, research and studies are included in it?
Because a county commissioner may be tired of a topic isn't a good reason to dismiss it.
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @movca.bsky.social
Who wrote it? Who paid for it to be written? What proofs, research and studies are included in it?
Because a county commissioner may be tired of a topic isn't a good reason to dismiss it.
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @movca.bsky.social
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250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future
Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!
#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
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We want the best for our kids, but "forever chemicals" (PFAS) are showing up in our family dinners at record levels. 🐟 New data shows North Americans face some of the highest risks. #momsky #PFAS #HealthyKids #ClimateAction #MomLife
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The source of your fish may change how many ‘forever chemicals’ you eat
Most of the seafood Americans eat comes from abroad — and that means they’re exposed to a higher level of “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, through contaminated fish, according to a new study released Thu...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We want the best for our kids, but "forever chemicals" (PFAS) are showing up in our family dinners at record levels. 🐟 New data shows North Americans face some of the highest risks. #momsky #PFAS #HealthyKids #ClimateAction #MomLife
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A second death announced following August orphan well-plugging explosion in Wayne National Forest. Eric Bevin News and Sentinel: bit.ly/3KVZtzL
And BLM and U.S. Forest Service claim there will be "no significant impact" from fracking the Wayne...
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And BLM and U.S. Forest Service claim there will be "no significant impact" from fracking the Wayne...
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2 injured in Washington County well explosion have died
PARKERSBURG – Two people have died since being injured in an orphan well explosion in Washington County in August — the most recent on Dec. 14. Chris Pinkerton, 48, of Woodsfield, was an employee of M...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A second death announced following August orphan well-plugging explosion in Wayne National Forest. Eric Bevin News and Sentinel: bit.ly/3KVZtzL
And BLM and U.S. Forest Service claim there will be "no significant impact" from fracking the Wayne...
@buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social
And BLM and U.S. Forest Service claim there will be "no significant impact" from fracking the Wayne...
@buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @ccbecker271.bsky.social
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The smartest people learn from others' mistakes. @kiley.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/495pDYD
Will Ohio learn from Pennsylvania's?
@kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
Will Ohio learn from Pennsylvania's?
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The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways - Inside Climate News
Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The smartest people learn from others' mistakes. @kiley.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org: bit.ly/495pDYD
Will Ohio learn from Pennsylvania's?
@kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
Will Ohio learn from Pennsylvania's?
@kentksmith.bsky.social @twrader.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @ohdems.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social