2018 ANNUAL MEETING
Kent Environmental Council

Program
 Welcome
 2017 in Review
 Portage Parks Foundation Request
 Focus for 2018
 Treasurer’s Report
 Elections
 Chair and Vice Chair
 Environmental Threats in 2018: A Legislative and
Bureaucratic Perspective
 Federal
 State
 Local
 Tools

2017 Year in Review
 Events
 National Public Lands Day!
 Regulatory Accountability Act
 Democracy Day in Kent
 Actions
 Kent Health and Wellness Center levy

2017 Continued
 Wins
 Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn!!!
 Climate Action Resolution
 Losses
 Gene Weninger
 Edith Chase
 Harold Walker

Business Meeting
 Portage Parks Foundation Request
 Focus for the year- Making Connections
 Treasurer’s Report
 Elections
 Chair
 Vice Chair

Federal Outlook
 Budget- General theme: Cuts
 Department of Energy
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
 United States Geological Survey
 Environmental Protection Agency
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 Endangered Species
 UN Climate Dues- BRIGHT SPOT!
 Proposed, deadline 23 March

Federal Outlook
 Other
 Review of EPA Advisory Board
 Infrastructure
 Sexual Harassment
 Resignations

Federal Actions
 Comments
 Expansion of Offshore Drilling, deadline 9 March
 Clean Power Plan Repeal and Replacement, deadline 26 April
 Amendment to Appendices I and II of the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES), deadline 26 March
 National Marine Fisheries Services Draft 2017 Marine Mammal
Stock Assessment Report, deadline 19 March
 Fish and Wildlife Services 5-Year Status Reviews for Endangered and
Threatened Species, deadline 23 March
 Learn
 National Invasive Species Week
 Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-
2016
 League of Conservation Voters Scorecard

Senators Representatives
 Rob Portman (R)
1240 East 9th Street
Room 3061
Cleveland, OH 44199
Phone: 216-522-7095
 Sherrod Brown (D)
801 West Superior Ave.,
Suite 1400
Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216-522-7272
 13th dist.- Tim Ryan
1030 Tallmadge Ave.
Akron, OH 44310
Phone: (330) 630-7311
 14th dist.- David Joyce
10075 Ravenna Road
Twinsburg, OH 44087
Phone: (330) 357-4139
 16th dist.- James Renacci
1 Park Center Drive
Suite 302
Wadsworth, OH 44281
Phone: (330) 334-0040
Contacts

State Outlook
 Legislative Update
 HB 114 (Blessing) - Renewable Energy Standards
 House Bill 239 (Smith/Carfagna) / Senate Bill 155
(Terhar/Peterson) - OVEC Bail Outs
 House Bill 225 (Thompson) - Orphan Well Program
 House Bill 393 (Devitis/O’Brien) / Senate Bill 165
(Dolan/Skindell) - Brine Sales
 Senate Bill 238 (Dolan) - Wind Farm Setbacks
 Senate Joint Resolution 5 (Huffman) - Congressional
Redistricting

State Outlook
 Other
 Lake Erie Impairment Legal Case (Case: 3:17-cv-01514-JJH,
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio)

Senators Representatives
 18th dist.- John Eklund
1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 644-7718
 75th dist.- Kathleen Clyde
77 S. High St
10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone (614) 466-2004
 76th dist.- Sarah LaTourette
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone (614) 644-5088
Contacts

Local Outlook
 Legislative Update
 Climate Action Plan

Kent Contacts
 Gwen Rosenberg
 Mike DeLeone
 Roger Sidoti
 Garrett Ferrara
 Jack Amrhein
 Robin Turner
 John Kuhar
 Heidi Shaffer
 Tracy Wallach
 rosenbergg@kent-ohio.org
 deleone@kent-ohio.org
 sidoti@kent-ohio.org
 Ferrara@kent-ohio.org
 Amrhein@kent-ohio.org
 Turner@kent-ohio.org
 Kuhar@kent-ohio.org
 Shaffer@kent-ohio.org
 Wallach@kent-ohio.org

Portage Contacts
 Vicki A. Kline (330) 297-3606
 Sabrina Christian-Bennett (330) 297-3605
 Mike Kerrigan (330) 297-3604

General Action Tool Kit
 ResistBot
 5 Calls
 Self care
 Find your community