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Statehouse News Bureau 2020 has been an eventful year in state politics with the controversial energy law known as HB6 garnering much attention from lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The Ohio House finished the bulk of its work with the Republican speaker saying the chamber will not take any action on HB6. The sweeping energy law that bails out nuclear power plants has been linked to the biggest alleged scandal in Ohio politics.  In the course of seven years, HB6 sends $1 billion in subsidies to nuclear plants, $140 million to solar farms, and hundreds of millions of dollars to c...

4:02 In the course of seven years, HB6 sends $1 billion in subsidies to nuclear plants, $140 million to solar farms, and hundreds of millions of dollars to coal plants, paid for by new charges on every Ohio electric user’s bills. All while cutting green energy mandates.  The beginning of 2020 had so much on its plate with the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn that it seemed like the controversial energy law had been left in the rear view mirror.  Then in July everything changed.  "We're here today to announce the arrest of Larry Householder the speaker of the house,...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below. Also, mentioned in two articles near the ...

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Masks not the only thing Ohio legislators are clueless about Updated Dec 13, 2020; Facebook Share Absent contact tracing, there’s no way to know how several members of the Ohio House of Representatives contracted COVID-19. But it’s fair to wonder (though likely impossible to know) if the House’s mulish refusal to require masks was a factor. While grossly irresponsible, that can’t have surprised anyone who’s watched our increasingly clueless Legislature, particularly on questions of (self-defined) manhood (e.g., guns). Thing is, Ohioans don’t want to finance a remake of “Rambo....