Great Lakes 2000: Symposium seeks to find single voice
More than 400 people interested in Great Lakes issues on the national, regional, state and local levels gathered recently in Toledo.
Great Lakes: EPA’s window on the world
Environmental quality has improved, but it still has some ways to go to meet the EPA standards that have been set.
Medina County’s farm preservation levy is defeated
The campaign for a purchase of development rights (PDR) program was defeated on Super Tuesday in Medina County.
Medina County in thick of PDR controversy
The future remains uncertain for a one-quarter percent sales tax earmarked for acquisition of agricultural and conservation easements for farmland preservation in Medina County.
More preservation efforts under way in Ohio
Look for more legislation dealing with farmland preservation issues to be introduced this session.
ODNR is seeing the forest for the trees
Low-impact logging technology has made its way into Ohio and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants it to become the way of the future for Ohio woodland owners.
Ohio plans to seize assets of egg farm
Just in case Buckeye Egg has hatched any plans to abandon its mega egg production facilities in Ohio, the Ohio attorney general's office has asked the local court to seize the Ohio assets of both the company and its principal owner.
FERC attaches strings to pipeline approval
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has found that neither Independence Pipeline Company nor ANR Pipeline Company has adequately proven there is market demand for the gas to be shipped along the proposed Independence Pipeline.
Reps. Krebs, Logan renew farmland preservation efforts one bill at a time
Ohio Reps. Gene Krebs and Sean Logan were unable to get a comprehensive preservation bill passed last year, but they're back with seven separate bills that comprise the basics of a new comprehensive package.
FERC gets earful from pipeline opponents
A series of public meetings across Ohio and Pennsylvania coordinated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission aired comments regarding the proposed Independence Pipeline.
