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  Rachael Belz · [email protected]
March 26, 2020 at 6:11 PM

We're in this together, Ohio

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- As organizations that focus on environmental health and consumer-based issues, Ohio Citizen Action and the Ohio Consumers Power Alliance hold the well-being and safety of Ohioans at the center of everything we do. Our tireless staff of canvassers and manag…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 10:18 PM

Scoop: HB6 dark money revealed

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- It's not like we didn't know this already, but FirstEnergy was behind the abhorrent campaign to stop the HB6 referendum.  The Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism and The Energy News Network teamed up to bring us this scoop: documents found on Energy …
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
February 16, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Momentum is building for Power a Clean Future Ohio

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- Just days after we and our allies launched Power a Clean Future Ohio, we got a powerful endorsement from the Columbus Dispatch.  Editorial: Path to Ohio’s clean-energy future might lie outside Statehouse The February 15 editorial "note(s) with some hope t…
  Rachael Belz · [email protected]
February 10, 2020 at 9:59 PM

Introducing... Power A Clean Future for Ohio

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- Today, Ohio Citizen Action and Ohio Consumers Power Alliance joined with leaders across the state to launch?Power a Clean Future Ohio,??a bipartisan organization dedicated to community-driven carbon reductions in Ohio.? You deserve a clean future for your…
  Rachael Belz · [email protected]
January 27, 2020 at 5:37 PM

corrected link to statement on HB6

NationBuilder Hello Friend -- It just came to my attention that the link to my statement on HB6 in my last email was broken. Sorry about that! Here is the correct link. In other HB6 related news: The end of the referendum effort on HB6 means Ohio ratepayers will pay subsidies for nucl…
  Rachael Belz · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 6:54 PM

Latest - and last - news on HB6

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- You might have heard yesterday that the effort to repeal HB6 has ended. Ohioans for Corporate Bailouts filed a motion to dismiss its appeal before the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals and end its pursuit of additional time to collect signatures and place th…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 6:43 PM

Last chance to make your tax-deductible year-end gift

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- You might have missed the news that broke on Christmas Eve: The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether the HB6 referendum effort should get 38 more days to collect petition signatures. Jeremy Pelzer reports: "It’s unclear what the court’s opi…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 4:02 PM

Your generosity helps our canvass thrive

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- This fight was personal. FirstEnergy's tactics to keep the HB6 referendum off the ballot not only attacked democracy, they threatened our canvassers' safety. In the end we couldn’t overcome the obscene amounts of money and corruption we were up against. Wh…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM

FirstEnergy corrupts democracy with gifts 🎁

NationBuilder Hi Friend -- FirstEnergy spent millions on advertisements, lobbying and charitable giving to ensure the passage of House Bill 6, corrupting every branch of state government. Supreme Court The fate of FirstEnergy's bailout of its struggling nuclear and coal plants may re…
  Rachael Belz · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 5:33 PM

CORRECTION: Help us hold lawmakers accountable for HB 6

NationBuilder (The first version of this email incorrectly listed the amount of the bailout as nine hundred billion dollars. We apologize for this significant typo, especially since the actual figure is bad enough without inflating it.) Hi Friend -- Nine hundred million dollars. That…
  Rachael Belz · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 3:01 PM

Help us hold lawmakers accountable for HB 6

NationBuilder Hi Friend -- Nine hundred billion dollars. That's how much of our money Ohio legislators gifted to FirstEnergy to bailout its uncompetitive nuclear and coal plants. We won't forget, and we will hold legislators accountable for their vote on House Bill 6. Our Ohio Consum…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
November 26, 2019 at 6:09 PM

Thank you, Friend, from Ohio Citizen Action

NationBuilder Dear Friend,Each year, Thanksgiving reminds us how much we have to be thankful for.   While 2019 has arguably been our most frustrating year, it's also been undeniably rewarding. The short video below lays out all the things supporters like you make possible - things t…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
November 7, 2019 at 8:43 PM

Still confused about HB6? Read on

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- One of the lessons we learned during the HB 6 fight was that FirstEnergy would stop at nothing to get their $900 million rate-payer funded bailout. Over the last several years, FirstEnergy proposed at least four legislative and regulatory bailout schemes i…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
October 16, 2019 at 3:44 PM

want to sign the HB6 petition?

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- If you would like to sign the petition to put the repeal of HB 6 on the ballot, please stop by our office at?614 W Superior Ave., Suite 1200, Cleveland, OH 44116. Our office will be open from 10a.m. to 9p.m. today through Friday. Please pass the word thro…
  Ohio Citizen Action · [email protected]
September 24, 2019 at 5:13 PM

Defend democracy

NationBuilder Dear Friend -- Over the last few months, especially the last few weeks, we’ve seen dark money groups inundate the state with lies in order to stop the HB6 referendum. They have gone too far This propaganda is dangerous, suggesting that organizers like our canvassers are …