Land & Environmental Section :: Page 31

• File implicates gas industry

  By Lauren HeatonApril 28, 2011

  Last week a Miami Township resident found a binder on her property containing what appeared to be a field guide for agents looking to lease private property for the purpose of oil and gas production.

• State representatives call for investigation of gas industry sales tactics

  By Lauren HeatonApril 21, 2011

  

  A press release sent Tuesday from State Representative Teresa Fedor asks the Ohio attorney general to investigate potential evidence implicating the oil and gas production industry in the use of deceptive tactics to get land owners to lease their properties for drilling.

• Forests for local food

  By Megan BachmanApril 18, 2011

  

  Mark Shepard told a crowd of 120 villagers to transform our farm fields into forests for more local food.

• Celebrate Earth Day

  By Lauren ShowsApril 17, 2011

  

  Earth Day 2011 will be celebrated in Yellow Springs with several events this week.

• Gardens, gardeners sprouting

  By Megan BachmanApril 7, 2011

  

  What began as a modest effort to start a community garden has mushroomed to four neighborhood gardens scattered around town — with more soon to sprout.

• Garden with your neighbors

  By Megan BachmanMarch 31, 2011

  

  Villagers can sign up to garden at one of four neighborhood garden plots around town — Bill Duncan Park, the Glass Farm, Fair Acres and Friends Care — where last year more than 50 families tilled and tended beds together.

• Free youth programs at Glen Helen Pancake Breakfast

  By YS News StaffMarch 19, 2011

  

  Glen Helen naturalists are offering free youth programs throughout the 36th Annual Pancake Breakfast.

• Cemex fined, to cut emissions

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 24, 2011

  Cemex, Inc. agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine for Clean Air Act violations at its cement plant off of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn.

• Tree-trimming policy eyed

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the Feb. 7 Village Council meeting, a citizen urged the Village to reconsider its tree-trimming policy in the wake of the recent ice storm that knocked out power for 80 percent of village homes.

• Villagers rally on ‘fracking’ concern

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Local residents are gearing up to educate themselves and the community about the potential hazards of oil and gas drilling.