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Mission: Ohio Citizen Action organizes and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests. In person, by phone, and online, we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality, and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect Ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
In the past decade alone, we’ve won 75% of the campaigns we’ve undertaken, including:
In the past decade alone, we’ve won 75% of the campaigns we’ve undertaken, including:
- Pollution prevention “good neighbor” campaigns with the Eramet manganese refinery in Marietta and Columbus-based Heartland Petroleum;
- Shutting down 22 of Ohio’s oldest, most polluting coal boilers;
- Preventing new pollution from proposed (but never built) projects like a 1,000 MW coal plant in Meigs County, a garbage incinerator in Cleveland and a coal-to-liquid fuel plant in Wellsvile;
- Aggregating Cincinnati residents into an electricity buying group and securing 100% clean, renewable energy to meet their needs; and
- Defeating a bill that would have repealed Ohio’s energy efficiency and renewable energy standards.
