Today is Earth Day! In honor of Earth Day, some businesses are offering some specials or free stuff----
ABC News has compiled this list:
Starbucks: ...bring in a reusable mug or tumbler and get a free brewed coffee or tea. Your choice of brew, hot or iced – it is spring after all! This is happening at participating stores in the United States and Canada....
...Lowe's-....On April 23, the company will be giving away one million trees to the people who walk into their stores....
Check out the rest of the freebies at ABC News.
**** Ohio Gov. John Kasich has indicated that he wanted to allow drilling in the state parks. Recent polls show that Ohioans are against it. Opposition is growing and now more organized.
Businessweek:
An environmental coalition is protesting a proposal backed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to open state lands to natural gas drilling.
The Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Ohio Environmental Council and others held events Thursday at eight state parks they want declared "frack-free" zones. The parks would be off limits to the process called fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, which involves blasting chemical-laced water into the ground to get to gas deposits.
Kasich wore hiking shoes, a bomber jacket and jeans to an unrelated news conference Thursday. He said he was headed to visit a possible fracking site in northern Ohio.....
Not only do Ohioans have to worry about damage to the parks, and the environment, but pollution and poisoning are also concerns.
Drilling is already going on because some private landowners have signed agreements with drilling companies, according to an article in Cantonrep. People are wondering if the Kasich administration has already gone ahead and allowed fracking in the state parks. Since the Kasich administration seems allergic to transparency, we might never know.
