Dear Friend --

Now, more than ever, we are working hard to ensure your voice is heard. Please take a moment to show your support for Ohioans' ability to take action against polluters by signing & sharing our petition today! 

Protecting Ohio's nuisance provision

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to eliminate Ohio’s nuisance provision. 

The nuisance provision allows Ohio residents to take local pollution problems into their own hands and protect their communities by taking polluters to court.

Without this provision, it will be more difficult for Ohioans to address local pollution problems. Eliminating this provision also destroys an important tool that gives both regulators and Ohio residents flexibility to address serious health concerns based on new scientific developments.

Car Protest to Demand Utility Restoration

Last Wednesday, April 29 we participated in a car-based protest that drew urgent attention to the families managing this pandemic without basic utilities.

How can you wash your hands if you don't have water? How can you homeschool your children without power or internet service?

Activists from all over the city gathered downtown for a short and socially-distant rally, followed by a protest caravan around the Cleveland Public Power and Cleveland Public Water buildings. More than 50 cars participated, honking horns and bearing signs with a clear message: utilities are a human right.

Ohio Citizen Action and its allies in the End Poverty Now Coalition are urging:

• immediate reconnection of utilities for any residents currently without them;
• suspension of penalties and reconnection fees for the duration of Ohio's state of emergency; and
• greater transparency on shutoffs occurring before and during the pandemic. 

Thanks for your continued support,

Ohio Citizen Action
http://www.ohiocitizen.org/

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