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Amplify Your Message with the NOPE! Cincy Stakeholder Contact Tool!

Now you can send your message of opposition to Duke Energy’s Central Corridor to many elected officials in just three steps! NOPE! Cincy’s Stakeholder Contact Tool allows you to email Duke Energy, your state, county and city elected officials with a single form.

1 – Go to the Stakeholder Contact Form

To start go to our Contact Key Stakeholders page and scroll down to the “NOPE! Cincy Stakeholder Contact Form”

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2 – Enter Your Address

Next, enter your address and click on ‘Find Stakeholders’. Make sure you select the city or township you live in, rather than just entering Cincinnati. This ensures you will contact the correct city officials.

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3 – Enter Your Contact Info

Finally, fill out your contact info. We’ll share your message with all the elected officials, so please be personal and compelling. Once you click ‘Contact Stakeholders’, we’ll share your message with every elected official in your area on our list!

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It’s that easy! In less than five minutes, you can contact 15+ elected officials to express your opposition to the Pipeline! If you have any questions, notice we’re missing any contact information or have any corrections, leave a comment below or contact us.

Bonus: Full Contact Info

If you want to do even more, you can scroll down and get the contact info for each elected official. For most, we have phone numbers, mailing addresses and even twitter handles. If you click on the ‘Tweet To’ buttons, we’ll even start you off with a message to call on the official to oppose the Pipeline!

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Todd Portune recognizes NOPE!’s efforts as “one of the greatest citizen uprisings against bad decision making…”

We are humbled by the recognition given to NOPE! by Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune.  Commissioner Portune, who has been an unfailing NOPE! supporter from the first, describes our work as “one of the greatest citizen uprisings against bad decision making that I have seen in my career in public service.”  He goes on to say that because of our effort, Duke Energy has called a halt to their efforts and imposed a delay to consider information that we have brought to light.

Certainly the original Tangleridge neighbors in Blue Ash deserve a lot credit for having the conviction to say “not in my backyard or yours”.  They worked tirelessly to engage and inform leaders and citizens across Hamilton County.  However, this effort evolved from a small team of individuals, to a coalition of 14 communities uniting against one of the wealthiest, most powerful companies in United States to say NOPE!  A pipeline of this size and scale does not belong in our neighborhoods, next to our schools, near our places of worship or where we work and play.

We have a lot of work ahead of us, and need all of our communities to continue to make their voices heard.  There are leaders who are hearing us now, and doing everything they can to help.  However, there are other leaders who may not understand that we hold them accountable for the safety of our communities.  We expect them to be actively involved to insure that if additional infrastructure is needed to meet the needs of our communities, it is developed and installed in a way that actually does meet the needs of our communities.

Read Todd Portune’s Letter to learn more about the work being done to impact the Duke’s pipeline.