By weatherizing 1200 homes each month, Ohio is helping low income families save an average of 22% on their utility bills each year, but new homes aren’t held to the same standard. A new home today isn’t even required to have a programmable thermostat, energy efficient light bulbs, or adequate insulation – items required in Ohio’s low-income weatherization program. Click here to tell the Governor that you want all Ohio homes to be efficient!
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Support Drinking Water Protection!
We sometimes forget that our quality of life depends on accesssible and safe drinking water. Please lend support to those communities in northwest Ohio who have the foresight to protect the primary source of drinking water for more than 385,000 people. Comment period extended to April 16.
ECHO Tape Proud Supporter of Sierra Club Ohio Chapter
February 26th, 2010
Brandi Whetstone, Jen Miller, Linda Reeder, Scott Taylor, and Dominic Caminati.
The Ohio Chapter and ECHO Tape announce another year of partnership. The Sierra Club is proud to work with an outstanding Ohio-based, green business like ECHO Tape. Ohio Chapter staff and Treasurer receive a donation from ECHO Tape’s Scott Taylor and Dominic Caminati.
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Ohio EPA Releases 2010 Fish Consumption Advisories
February 26th, 2010
If you are consuming fish from Ohio’s lakes, rivers, and streams, be aware that there are fish consumption advisories to limit your exposure to mercury, PCBs, and pesticides found in Ohio fish. The Ohio Department of Health advises “that all persons limit consumption of sport fish caught from all waterbodies in Ohio to one meal per week, unless there is a more or less restrictive advisory.”
Sierra Club Ohio Chapter Job Announcement
February 23rd, 2010
Conservation Program Coordinator
Columbus, Ohio
The Sierra Club, the nation’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, is seeking a dynamic, dedicated, skilled individual as a Conservation Program Coordinator for the Ohio Chapter to work on energy-related issues.
Getting Back on Track with Passenger Rail and Transit
February 5th, 2010
Ohio is finally getting on track in the transportation sector with the receipt of $400,000,000 in federal stimulus support to re-establish passenger rail in our state. By 2011, construction efforts will begin for a passenger rail line connecting Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dayton, which will reach 60% of Ohio’s population.