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At Eastern Gateway Community College, Brown Visits Shale Gas Training Center, Highlights Plan to Train More Ohioans for Jobs in Emerging, High-Tech Industries
STEUBENVILLE, OH - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today visited a shale gas training center in Steubenville to outline his plan to train out-of-work Ohioans for jobs in emerging, high-tech industries like shale development. Brown discussed his Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SE...…Read More
Posted on 6/11/2012 | -
Sen. Brown Announces New Resources For Remediation And Development Of Licking County Brownfield Site
A Licking County community will receive new resources to rehabilitate contaminated land, create jobs, and protect Ohioans’ health. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the City of Newark has been awarded funding to clean up Ohio brownfields by the Environmental Protec...…Read More
Posted on 5/30/2012 | -
Sen. Brown Announces New Resources For Remediation And Development Of Hamilton County Brownfield Site
A Hamilton County community will receive new resources to rehabilitate contaminated land, create jobs, and protect Ohioans’ health. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the Village of Lockland has been awarded funding to clean up Ohio brownfields by the Environmental ...…Read More
Posted on 5/30/2012 | -
After USA Today Report Reveals Dangerously High Levels Of Lead Near Former Lead Smelter Sites In Cleveland, Sen. Brown Joins Affected Families In Calling On U.S. And Ohio EPA To Act Immediately To Clean Up Lead Threat, Inform Families
CLEVELAND, OH - Following a series of reports in USA Today revealing dangerously high levels of residual lead contamination near a former smelter site in Cleveland, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Ken Shefton, a father of five who previously lived close to the former smelter site, to call on the U.S. En...…Read More
Posted on 5/20/2012 | -
Following Reports Of Possible Residual Lead Contamination At Former Smelter Sites, Sens. Brown Leads Six Senators On Letter Calling On EPA To Protect Americans From Lead Poisoning
Following articles in USA Today showing that many American families live—often unknowingly—near potentially contaminated former lead smelter sides, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led a group of six senators in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to move quickly...…Read More
Posted on 5/9/2012 | -
After Electronic Asian Carp Barriers Fail, Brown Renews Call For Permanent Hydrological Separation To Prevent Invasive Species From Reaching Lake Erie
After receiving notice from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that a power outage caused a failure of electric dispersal barriers on May 2nd, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today renewed his call for permanent hydrological separation of Lake Erie from the Mississippi River to prevent invasiv...…Read More
Posted on 5/4/2012 | -
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 |