Tag Archive for "Ohio" - Union of Concerned Scientists

a cleanup crew monitors a field near the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site.

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March 3, 2025

The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

a cloud of smoke seen from a neighborhood in East Palestine, Ohio after a train derailment.

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February 20, 2025

How Scientific Integrity Could Have Prevented the East Palestine Train Disaster

Lisa Van Theemsche
Washington Representative II

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February 6, 2025

What’s Happened in the Two Years Since the East Palestine Disaster?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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September 3, 2024

Texas’ Mass Voter Purge Highlights a National Strategy of Suppression

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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August 19, 2024

Where Have All the Election Officials Gone?

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Voter contemplating ballot in polling booth

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August 13, 2024

When Bad Ballot Designs Confuse Voters, Democracy Suffers. Science has Solutions.

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Interactive map of 2020 voter turnout in Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta)

August 7, 2024

Battleground Counties: New Interactive Map Highlights Racial Disparities in the 2020 Election

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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June 20, 2024

Strengthening Our Democracy: Science-Based Recommendations to Improve Election Data Transparency

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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March 11, 2024

US Elections Aren’t as Free and Fair as They Should Be. Here’s How Science Can Help

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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March 4, 2024

How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Kyger Creek Power Plant viewed from a parking lot off of Ohio State Route 7.

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February 15, 2024

Ohio Ratepayers Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Money-Losing Coal Plants

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Train derailment in East Palestine, OH Feb. 2023

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February 27, 2023

Ohio Train Wreck Shows: EPA Needs to Strengthen Disaster Prevention Rules

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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July 28, 2022

In Cleveland, New Signs of Success Engaging and Turning Out Low-Propensity Voters

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Voting carrels set on a table in the 2019 Ohio general election.

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May 11, 2021

Ohio Needs to Strengthen, Not Restrict Voting Rights Protections

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

March 9, 2021

New Maps Highlight Inequitable Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

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October 11, 2019

As Presidential Candidates Prepare for Ohio Debate, Farmers Need a New Vision

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

May 16, 2019

5 Reasons Why HB 6, Ohio’s Nuclear Plant Subsidy Proposal, Should Be Rejected

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

November 8, 2018

Even in a Carbon-Constrained World, FirstEnergy’s Nuclear Bailout Proposal in Ohio Must Be Rejected

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

November 24, 2014

The Proposed Bailout for Ohio's Coal Plants: A Bad Idea Any Way You Look at It

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

September 24, 2014

Ohio Senate President Stacks the Deck against Renewable Energy

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

June 4, 2014

Another Reason Ohio Senate Bill 310 Is a Bad Idea: It Hinders Efforts to Comply with New Carbon Emissions Standards

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

May 15, 2014

Governor Kasich Should Stand with Ohio and Support Clean Energy

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

April 24, 2014

Proposal to Dismantle Ohio's Clean Energy Standards Based More on Science Fiction than Fact

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

March 27, 2014

Proposed Freeze of Ohio's Clean Energy Standards is Misguided, Not in the Best Interest of Consumers

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst