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Ohio's nuclear bailout bill dominated state politics. Now lawmakers are dismantling it.


COLUMBUS – A bitter political battle fueled by nearly $61 million in dark money. A nasty ballot campaign riddled with xenophobic ads and even a physical assault. An extensive federal investigation into one of Ohio s most powerful politicians.
In 2019, House Bill 6 overhauled the state s energy policy and bailed out two nuclear plants in northern Ohio to the tune of $1 billion.
Now, Ohio s GOP-controlled Legislature is dismantling some of the most unpopular parts of House Bill 6 – with the blessing of the same companies that moved mountains to pass them. 
A lot of things have happened, said Rep. Jim Hoops, R-Napoleon, who voted for House Bill 6 and is now working to undo portions of it.  ....

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Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019


Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 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
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New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19t ....

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Former top Ohio utility regulator was involved with writing tainted nuclear bill, emails show


Former top Ohio utility regulator was involved with writing tainted nuclear bill, emails show
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
The Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, seen in a file photo, is one of the two Ohio nuclear plants subsidized through House Bill 6. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio While serving as Ohio’s top utilities regulator, former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo worked to amend a controversial nuclear bailout bill to hurt renewable energy projects while helping a former client that had just lost a major court case, recently released emails show. ....

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