Thanks to SOBE Concerned Citizens' hard work Youngstown's city council renewed the moratorium on pyrolysis for a second year.
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COVERAGE OF OUR WORK
https://www.momscleanairforce.org/advanced-recycling-youngstown-ohio/
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lwG_afqNuP2uj-ouERcYHJ7JGujDejaU/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115921941125037128842&rtpof=true&sd=true
https://www.exposurestudios.org/post/the-sobe-pyrolysis-fight-understanding-the-impact-on-youngstown-and-the-role-of-the-ohio-epa
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https://www.stop-sobe.com/campaign-timeline
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https://oilandgaswatch.org/facility/5483
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IN GRATITUDE, REMEMBERING OUR FRIENDS:
Teresa Mills July 17, 1954 December 2,2023
Teresa was the go-to person for all environmental activists in Ohio Her records research, advocacy and team-building talents were legendary. She helped Youngstown many times during our anti-fracking campaign, especially when she alerted us that a radioactive frack waste processing center had located in
our city. She spoke at our Stop SOBE town halls as an expert on the dangers of pyrolysis. She founded Buckeye Environmental Network, and guided them until her death. Ohioans are indebted to this valuable environmental activist!
Dr. Julie Weatherington-Rice
July 14, 1948 - January 16, 2025
Dr. Julie was a renown soil scientist who specialized in the study of radioactive materials in the waste water produced from fracking shale formations. Speaking at the Energy and the Environment lecture series at Youngstown State University several times, she warned Youngstown residents about the radioactive frack waste brought
into our town, helping us fight to protect our community. She gave expert testimony at the statehouse, wrote editorials and advised Buckeye Environmental Network. Ohio environmental activists are deeply indebted!
December 2, 2023 - July 17, 1954
https://www.newcomercolumbus.com/obituaries/teresa-mills
Lois Gibbs of Love Canal fame, at left;Teresa Mills, Buckeye Environmental Network, at right. This is during an interview about the Northstar 1 injection well that caused the 4.0 earthquake in Youngstown on Dec. 31st 2011.
Dr. Julie Weatherington-Rice interviewed 2013 by Anne Glausser and Mary Fecteau/WQED: https://www.kqed.org/quest/59148/fracking-wastewater
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