The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) held a public hearing earlier this week at the Big Walnut High School Auditorium to hear public concerns about the Trent-Vassell 138 kV Transmission Line Project. The Trent-Vassell Transmission Line would connect the Vassell Substation east of Sunbury, now under construction, to American Electric Power’s existing Trent-Delaware 138kV Line.
May 11 2012 | Posted in
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Late last week the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released December 2011 employment/unemployment figures for the greater Columbus area, with the unemployment rate — not adjusted for seasonal variations — dropping to 6.4 percent. This rate was down from November’s 6.6 percent, and was far below the unemployment rate of 7.7 percent in December 2010. And the reaction at the Department of Job and Family Services? According to their spokesman, Benjamin Johnson, “It shows definite improvement … (i)t shows a strengthening economy and an improving job market.”
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
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During an Ohio Power Siting Board Public Hearing at Sunbury Town Hall last Thursday evening, residents living east of Sunbury in the Joe Walker Road area had their final opportunity to speak out against American Electric Power’s Vassell Substation that will be built on 265 acres purchased by AEP adjacent to the village.
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WASHINGTON — The most detailed data yet on emissions of heat-trapping gases show that U.S. power plants are responsible for the bulk of the pollution blamed for global warming. Power plants released 72 percent of the greenhouse gases reported to the Environmental Protection Agency for 2010, according to information released Wednesday that was the first catalog of global warming pollution by facility. The data include more than 6,700 of the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gases, or about 80 percent of total U.S. emissions.
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Now in its 24th annual display, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Wildlights has become a Central Ohio tradition for many, bringing out hundreds of thousands each year.
