Community Solar Legislation
Update: As of 12/7/2024, SB 247 is still in Committee. It’s not too late to call or contact committee members to encourage […]
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Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working To Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping
A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm—and each other.
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Ranked Choice Voting is making progress in DC.
Small Businesses applaud Initiative 83 being on ballotOpens up voting participation to all registered voters Washington, DC—The Business for Democracy-DC collaborative is […]
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Nearly all households opt-in to East Palestine settlement
Households in the affected area still feeling the impact of the toxic spill.
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Video – Unlocking the Value of ESG: Strategies for Business Success
Learn about the value of Environmental, Social, and Governance practices for business and investors.
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Houston’s post-Beryl outages highlight benefits of distributed energy
Distributed energy resources are confirmed to provide resilience in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.
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EPA spends $21B, puts drinking water standards on forever chemicals
Legally enforceable drinking water standards related to what are commonly known as forever chemicals have been given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency along with funding.
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Ohio’s Lost Opportunity: How An Economic Development Subsidy is Failing to Help Disinvested Communities
A massive tax break for the wealthy, touted as a way to drive prosperity to poor and left-behind places, has instead throughout Ohio driven more gentrification in a few select urban areas, a new Good Jobs First analysis has found.
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Copia Farm
OSBC welcomes new member, Copia Farm, a regenerative farm in central Ohio, focusing on sustainable agriculture.
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What is the Cost of NOT Investing in Distressed Neighborhoods?
by Michael Shuman, Publisher of the Main Street Journal Greetings from San Antonio, Texas, where I was attending the most recent Neighborhood […]
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State regulators OK huge Ohio solar plant
State regulators have greenlit a 6,050-acre solar farm in Madison County. The Oak Run project includes agrivoltaics and will greatly benefit local economies and governments.
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After a massive bee kill, a scientist challenges pesticide policies
In 2016, Judy Wu-Smart’s flourishing career took a drastic turn when her bee colonies began experiencing catastrophic die-offs, prompting Wu-Smart to question and challenge existing pesticide policies.
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