Environment
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Brown Announces New Resources For Projects To Advance Sustainable Shale Development Practices
Two Ohio research institutions will receive resources for projects to advance sustainable shale development practices. Ohio University in Athens and Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus will use U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) resources to address potential issues while reducing the envi...…Read More
Posted on 11/28/2012 | -
After Reports Indicate Toxic Chemicals At Clyde Park, Sen. Brown Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency To Work With Community, Park Owners To Further Investigate Site
Clyde, OH-After reports indicated the presence of toxic chemicals at a park outside Green Springs—a few miles from Clyde, a town that is the home of a child “cancer cluster”—U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with the Clyde c...…Read More
Posted on 11/21/2012 | -
Sen. Brown Congratulates Loveland High School For Earning National Green Ribbon Award
A local high school was named a 2012 Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education today. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) congratulated Loveland High School, which is one of 78 schools in 29 states schools nationwide to receive this new award. “Loveland High School administr...…Read More
Posted on 4/23/2012 | -
In Meeting with Department of Energy, Brown to Press for Progress Report on Mound, Piketon Cleanup Efforts
In a meeting with a top Administration energy official, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will press for a progress report on the cleanup projects at the Miamisburg Mound Site and the former Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) in Piketon. Following this month’s roundtable with community leader...…Read More
Posted on 1/31/2012 | -
Following New Study Showing Lake Erie and its Tributaries to be Hospitable Environments for Asian Carp, Brown Renews Call to Hydrologically Separate Great Lakes, Mississippi River Basin
Following the release of a new study today from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showing that Lake Erie and the Maumee, Sandusky, and Grand Rivers are hospitable environments for Asian carp to establish and reproduce, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today renewed his call to the Ob...…Read More
Posted on 1/12/2012 |