Ohio Health Project

12/11/2021

The Ohio Health Project is looking for participants for our Sharing-Support Circles program. Through our work with communities and faith groups, we discovered that many people are exhausted from trying to cope with impacts on their lives from the shale development industry. People in these affected regions face challenges that the fracking industry has brought to their communities and their lives. They often experience a sense of powerlessness. Sharing-Support Circles will allow people to tell and process their stories in a safe and supportive atmosphere. Each Sharing-Support Circle will be composed of about four to eight people. The group will be led by a facilitator. Group members will meet by Zoom for their sessions. Each group will set its own meeting times and ground rules. Participants will take turns sharing their situation and experience since shale development came to their area. If this sounds like something you or someone you know would be interested in, feel free to direct message us or fill out the contact form on our website:

Sharing-SUPPORT Circles

05/27/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/climate/lawsuit-fuel-economy-climate.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

At stake in the lawsuit is the single biggest effort by the United States to fight the climate crisis.

04/30/2020

Former EPA head Gina McCarthy discusses Trump's rollbacks of pollution regulations and the impact of the coronavirus on communities and the environment.

Weakened environmental protections put people living near polluters at more risk.

04/28/2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard have applied for a permit to ship fracking waste on the Ohio River. Send a message to tell them why this is bad for public health and the environment!

Tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard that the plan to ship fracking waste on the Ohio River is reckless and should be denied.

04/22/2020

Happy 50th anniversary of Earth Day! We hope you are safe and healthy and have a chance to spend some time outdoors. There is still lots of environmental work to be done, and everyone has something to contribute to protecting the health of our home. We look forward to what this coming year can bring!

04/20/2020

10 years later, the Gulf is still feeling the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This disaster was devastating to natural ecosystems and human life, and highlights the dangers of fossil fuel extraction.

There’s evidence of improvement, but environmentalists believe another offshore-drilling disaster is only a matter of time.

04/11/2020

Over the past two weeks, Kentucky, South Dakota and West Virginia approved new laws meant to discourage Dakota Access-style protests. More are on the way.

04/10/2020

"America’s energy independence was built on an industry that is the very definition of dependent — dependent on investors to keeping pouring billions upon billions in capital into money-losing companies to fund their drilling... Even before the coronavirus crisis, the spigot was drying up. Now, it has been shut off."

Read more about fracking and the illusion of energy independence here:

America’s energy independence was an illusion created by cheap debt. All that’s left to tally is the damage.

04/04/2020

Dear Friends, thank you all for liking our Ohio Health Project FB page!

04/02/2020

Many people are turning to gardening as a way to get outdoors while social distancing. If you're looking for inspiration, Audubon has a 5-part guide to creating a climate-friendly yard.

Heating and cooling our homes eats up plenty of energy. Reduce the load with native plants that block summer sun or winter winds.