Ohio Citizens Are Standing up for Wind and Solar

About this episode

Residents of Richland County, Ohio are fighting to overturn a ban on large-scale solar and wind projects to revive jobs and development.

Richland County, Ohio used to be a major manufacturing hub. Now, as the plants have closed, residents are looking to renewable energy to revive jobs and development. There’s just one problem: their board of county commissioners issued a blanket ban on large-scale solar and wind projects last summer, bringing those efforts to a halt. Now, residents are waging a historic fight to overturn the ban. In this episode, host Gloria Riviera speaks with two locals behind the campaign: Brian McPeek, Business Manager and Financial Secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Shayna Fritz, the Executive Director for the Ohio Conservative Energy Forum. Together, they break down what’s at stake, from job development and homegrown energy to the rights of farmers and landowners to earn a living from their property, and how Richland County can be a model for communities across the country to shape their energy futures. To learn more about the campaign to reject the ban on large scale solar and wind in Richland County, visit nobanonpropertyrights.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Gloria Riviera

Guests: Brian McPeek, Shayna Fritz

Topics covered

• renewable energy
• community activism
• job development
• solar energy
• wind energy
• local governance

Keywords

• Richland County
• renewable energy
• solar projects
• wind projects
• community fight
• job revival
• energy rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ohio Conservative Energy Forum, nobanonpropertyrights.com

Places: Richland County, Ohio

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