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Energy Efficient Buildings Would Reduce Global Warming Pollution, Save Ohio Families $340 Annually

Columbus, OH - Ohio families could save $340 every year on their electricity bills by 2030 if the government invests in the energy efficiency of our buildings today, according to a new report by Environment Ohio. Saving energy in our buildings would also help Ohio’s fight against global warming, reducing global warming pollution from buildings by 24 percent—the equivalent of taking 15 million cars off the road.

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Gov. John Kasich's rewrite of Ohio energy policy starts with natural gas and oil

Reaction Wednesday to Gov. John Kasich's proposed comprehensive energy program ranged from caution to disappointment to rage.
Kasich's 10-part energy reform package is wide-ranging, from shale gas wells to gas pipelines, from smart grid technologies and power generation to workforce development. Some of the new regulations are administrative while others will require legislation.

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Ohio’s Clean Energy Report Card, Year 2

In 2009, Ohio received 84 percent of its electricity from coal, the dirtiest fuel used to generate electricity. Over the last few years, however, Ohio has begun to develop alternatives to reduce our reliance on coal and other fossil fuels, cutting air pollution and reducing the state’s contribution to global warming.

Ohio’s Clean Energy Law, passed in 2008 to promote the development of homegrown alternatives to fossil fuels, has now been in effect for more than three years. In that time, the state has taken important strides toward a clean energy future, including the development of several major renewable energy facilities.

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Renewable power and energy efficiency on the rise in Ohio, report says.

Ohio is on its way to a clean energy future, according to a new report by Environment Ohio, Ohio’s Clean Energy Report Card, Year 2: Wind, Solar, and Energy Efficiency on the Rise. Two years into the implementation of the state’s Clean Energy Law, which sets standards for both renewable energy and energy efficiency, Ohio saved enough electricity each year to power 82,000 homes, among other significant benefits.

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State legislator seeks to eliminate Ohio's clean-energy requirement

Environmentalists lined up Thursday against an Ohio senator's bill to repeal the state's clean energy requirement, warning that the measure could destabilize a burgeoning new area of the economy.

Sen. Kris Jordan, Republican of Powell, introduced the bill Wednesday that would eliminate a provision of the state's 2008 clean energy law that requires 25 percent of consumer electricity to come from advanced and renewable sources by 2025. Then-Gov. Ted Strickland and bipartisan supporters of the law called it "25 by 25."

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First Solar customer gets $455.7 million in financing for Ontario projects

Ohio’s U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and the head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States announced Friday that the bank has agreed to provide financing totaling $455.7 million so that the First Solar Inc. plant in Perrysburg Township can produce 90 megawatts worth of solar panels to power two solar projects in Ontario, Canada.

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Nuclear Power Regulators Find Faults in U.S. Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a public meeting today to release the 60-day findings of the NRC task force reviewing NRC processes and regulations in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns.  The review found faults in plant preparedness systems and the regulations that prescribe the extent of those systems.  For example, the review highlighted the fact that ‘Severe Accident Management Systems’ are inconsistently implemented across the country.  The NRC has continued its licensing and re-licensing of nuclear reactors without any new protections against disasters.

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FirstEnergy failing on solar

FirstEnergy Corp. needs to do more to develop wind and solar power and to promote energy efficiency, according to a new report.

The Akron-based utility got a grade of F for its shortcomings, mostly in developing solar power and promoting energy efficiency, said Environment Ohio, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus, in news conferences on Tuesday in Akron and Cleveland.

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Ohio's Clean Energy Report Card

Ohio currently generates 85 percent of its electric power from coal, one of the dirtiest energy sources in existence. That makes our state the nation’s second-leading emitter of global warming pollution, costs us $1.5 billion annually on coal imported from other states, and threatens public health and the environment by releasing hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic chemicals into our air each year.

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