Although the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is widely known, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still allowing the prevention of disease to be included in the definition as a therapeutic use of antibiotics.Ask them to take stronger action to control the widespread use of antibiotics in food animal production.
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Protect our Water by Stopping Mosquito Spraying in Lake County, OH
Lake County General Health District sprays toxic chemicals for mosquito and West Nile Virus control throughout the community annually. However, there are only 2 human cases reported in the past 5 years. Meanwhile the expensive toxic chemicals are killing benefitial insects and fish. Urge your county officials to explore alternative ways like rain garden to control mosquitos and stop spraying hazardous chemicals into our environment.
Protect Our Water at the Source; Tell the OEPA that Ohio needs Nutrient Standards
The water in Ohio is turning green and toxic. Nutrient pollution from manure, fertilizers, and sewer systems increasingly threaten our water quality. Ohio’s water quality is as bad or worse as it was in 1972 when the Clean Water Act was introduced. Nutrient pollution containing nitrates and phosphorous fuel algal blooms that are harmful to human health, recreation, and aquatic wildlife.
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The Sierra Club Ohio Chapter’s legislative program encourages policies that protect and preserve Ohio’s environment. Legislative issues include energy efficiency, building codes, public transit, public lands protection, factory farm regulation, and clean water. Sierra Club works to influence legislation by educating lawmakers and the media, using action alerts to create public pressure about an issue, and organizing citizen lobby days at the Statehouse.
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Recap of 2010 Clean Energy Lobby Day!
April 27th, 2010
Ohio Statehouse photo courtesy of www.gongwer-oh.com
Thank you to all of our supporters and members for a fun and successful Clean Energy Lobby Day! We would like to thank everyone who helped us on a rainy, wet lobby day on Tuesday because it would not have been possible without all of you. While together we have made our voices heard about clean energy in Ohio, our work is far from being done. We have seen coal mine tragedies, unprecedented oil spills, all of which are reminders that our fossil fuel dependence is dirty, expensive, and even deadly. Read More
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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Oil rig
Pat McKenna, chair of the Sierra Club Northeast Ohio Group, presented testimony to the Ohio Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Senate Bill 165. This legislation updates Ohio’s urban drilling law by proposing a fee to fund oil and gas oversight, and by introducing an orphan well program that will help reduce abandoned wells. Read more to see Sierra Club’s testimony.
Ohio House Supports Energy Efficient Public Buildings
December 21st, 2009
The Ohio House passed House Bill 7 on Wednesday, December 16 , which establishes energy efficiency standards for state funded building projects. HB 7 will benefit Ohio’s environment and save taxpayers dollars. Stay tuned for more information after the new year as we look to the Ohio Senate.
Mining Under Burr Oak State Park
December 19th, 2009
“The Sierra Club believes that any policy allowing mineral extraction or mining in a state park creates a slippery slope, making other parks vulnerable to these practices by setting a dangerous precedent,” said Jen Miller, Sierra Club Ohio Chapter staff.
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