White House Strategy for Plastic Pollution
FaCT Anchor Groups
Jake Bittle documents the impacts of climate change, adaptations to its damaging effects, and the resilience we need to build as we move forward. In The Great Displacement, Bittle tells the human-centered story of climate change...
June/July 2024 Newsletter
Fact: Faith communities together for a sustainable future
Distinguised Speaker Series: Jake Bittle: The Great Displacement July 31 at 7PM - register here -
The White House released a Fact Sheet on Friday, July 19, with a new strategy to tackle plastic pollution. One of the key goals of the strategy is to phase out single-use plastics from government operations by 2025. The government policy describes the plastic pollution crisis in detail and outlines steps to address it through ...
Far Ranging Impacts of East Palestine Train Derailment
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The derailment of trains cars carrying toxic vinyl chloride in East Palestine last year impacted areas from Wisconsin to Maine and North Carolina. Snow and rain samples that were collected and analyzed across 16 states show abnormally high pH levels and chloride contamination....
Dr. Randi Pokladnik: Grant from Union of Concerned Scientists
Last winter I partnered with FaCT Ohio as my fiscal sponsor, and received a grant from the Union of Concerned Scientists. The grant was part of a program called Science for the Public Good ...
FaCT Community Anchors - July Updates
FaCT was founded 11 years ago at East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Mentor, OH. We are the oldest interfaith nonprofit organization in Ohio. Our purpose has always been to engage communities in ongoing efforts to protect our air, water, and soil....