Senators Boxer and Kerry Introduce Climate Bill

Today, members of the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee introduced their own climate bill, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. At first glance, the 821 page bill, written by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), is stronger than its House counterpart in at least one important respect: the level [...]

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Ohio Senate Committee Passes Resolution to “Reaffirm” Tenth Amendment

This week the Ohio Senate’s Committee on State and Local Government passed Continuing Resolution 13 (S.C.R. 13), non-binding legislation that “reaffirms” the supremacy of the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.  The Tenth Amendment provides that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, [...]

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OELC Files Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Seeks to Compel Environmental Court to Set Fair Hearing Schedule

Today, the OELC, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and SunCoke Watch, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals.  The petition seeks to compel the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC) to set a hearing schedule that would give the [...]

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OELC Decries “Activist Court,” Prepares Appeal to Supreme Court of Ohio in Lake Erie Case

The Eleventh District Court of Appeals in Merrill v. State of Ohio found that the public may walk upon the shoreline only so long as they stay in the water and that landowners can build all the way to our Lake and construct fences along our coast. The District Court’s decision upheld the trial court’s [...]

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OELC Hosting Two December Events

Join us in Columbus on December 2 for an OELC Reception. Free and open to everyone, we’ll enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages as we thank OELC supporters for another successful year. 4 – 6 p.m., Ohio Environmental Council offices, 1207 Grandview Avenue, Columbus, 43212. On December 10, we’ll be in Cleveland for an Open House [...]

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