Imagine a world without energy.

If predictions hold up, our demand will eventually exceed our supply of fossil fuels. We don't know exactly when that will happen, but it's concerning. In this special report, 21 News looks to see if it's time to "move the needle"—move it from a focus on oil and gas to wind and solar.

In Ohio, this movement is proving to be a hard sell. Oil and gas drilling has been shaping Ohio's economy since 1859. 

Our investigation into energy and its future around the Valley and Ohio is presented in three parts - first, a look at the oil and gas industry - then we'll pivot to solar and wind and conclude with the legislation preventing Ohio from "moving the needle."

You can also watch the extended interviews with our experts after each chapter, which are embedded in this story.

PART ONE: GAS AND OIL

Fossil fuels power Ohio, U.S. and the economy

The oil and gas industry has long been a cornerstone of global development. For over a century, it has powered industries, fueled transportation and made life as we know it possible.

According to the Department of Energy - oil, natural gas and coal provide 80 percent of American energy.

"I would say the global economy runs on crude oil and natural gas and has for well over 100 years," said Mike Chadsey, Director of External Affairs for the Oil and Gas Association. The other interesting element about the commodity, like crude oil, I mean, the geopolitical nature of it. It's definitely a tool and tool blocks for diplomacy, for stopping aggression. You know, there's certainly been wars that have been fought over it. So, as a global commodity, often discussed, but overall, a long, rich history going back to, you know, before the Rockefeller days."

A major economic driver, the oil and gas sector employs millions, both directly and indirectly. In the U.S., it supports over 10 million jobs and contributes nearly $1.7 trillion annually to the economy.

Versatility of fossil fuels

The industry's versatility is another major selling point. Beyond fuel, crude oil and natural gas provide the raw materials for thousands of products, from plastics to pharmaceuticals.

"Everybody automatically thinks of gasoline for the car, diesel for the truck, jet fuel for the plane, but also it's asphalts and pharmaceuticals and fertilizers," Chadsey said. "And so, there's about 6,000 products that are refined from both crude oil natural gas, which sets us apart a little bit from the other various energy sources. You know, nuclear makes energy, wind makes energy, coal makes energy. What do we do? We can provide energy, transportation, fuel and products. So, I think that's partially what sets us apart."

The state of Ohio has become an energy leader - the largest oil producer East of the Mississippi and one of the top natural gas producers in the U.S. ranking 6th.

Just two years ago, the Utica Shale yielded over 2 point 3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and over the the last decade, the state has invested more than $100 billion to build out natural gas infrastructure.

"Natural gas is really the backbone of Ohio's energy grid," said Suzanne Ogle, President and CEO of the Southern Gas Association. "It really keeps the lights on, the businesses running and the homes warm, 24/7 and it's the only energy source that's always available no matter what the weather. And as we've seen with extreme weather events, you know, that's an important factor."

Facing significant challenges

Despite the industry's many advantages, it also faces some significant challenges—both for people and the planet. One of the biggest concerns is the industry's environmental and public health impact. Fossil fuel combustion is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change.

Carbon Dioxide and Methane, two potent greenhouse gases, are released during drilling, refining, and transportation processes. Methane leaks, in particular, are a growing concern because they have a global warming potential more than 25 times greater than Carbon Dioxide over a 100-year period.

Chadsey argues the industry is actively working to mitigate those emissions.

"I like you breathe the same air in the valley, drink the same water," Chadsey said. "So, the old analogy about the biggest room in the world is the room for improvement, and so we don't have to be told to do that. I mean, we're protecting our families, just like we're protecting yours and others. And so there's every incentive, whether it be health-based, economic-based, safety-based, to make sure that we have no, maybe the term fugitive emissions, making sure that everything is supposed to be contained or it's supposed to be contained. And so, the reality is that that's something we are laser focused on every day. Because we have to be, you know, we have to get it right every single day."

To address emissions, companies are investing in advanced leak-detection technologies, including drones, infrared cameras, and pipeline monitoring systems.

"The industry always is focused on safety, but it doesn't mean things don't happen," Ogle said. "And you know, really, third-party work is a bigger consequence than the industry. So, an operator, you know, if they're hiring out, they have to make sure that a contractor meets the same safety standards, and that's really where the focus is. What could we do better? We are doing things better, right? We have remote meters that can shut off. If you see anything, you have smart pigging. It's an intelligent pipe pig. It's a pipeline. It goes right down the middle of the pipeline and inspects the inside of the pipeline, so you can see if there's anything that would be indicating that there's a leak or a buildup in the pipeline, that would give you a pre they monitor control rooms real time with real live equipment. They have drones that fly overhead to sense leaks. The systems are tightening up."

Yet some remain skeptical, pointing to long-standing problems, particularly with waste disposal.

"It just so happens that some of the most extraordinarily toxic contaminants we have on this planet, including radioactive contaminants, can come up with that waste and really elevated amounts, and some of the industry's processes concentrate them even further," said Justin Nobel, a reporter covering the oil and gas industry. "So, when you ask me, you know, what are the main environmental concerns? Certainly, I think climate change is a very important issue, and it's important that people are spending a lot of time focusing on it. But well before the industry had that problem, they had the waste problem."

Justin Nobel is a journalist who has been reporting on the oil and gas industry for nearly two decades, but for the last seven years, he's focused on the waste it creates.

Oil and gas extraction generates enormous amounts of wastewater—over 3 billion gallons a day in the U.S. This waste, which the industry refers to as brine, often contains toxic chemicals and even radioactive materials.

"About 3 billion gallons of oil field brine are brought to the surface each day," Nobel said. "And when I say oil field, I'm referring to oil fields, gas fields and wells that have both across the country, 3 billion gallons a day. That's a trillion gallons a year. You took that trillion gallons and put it into your standard-size oil barrel, which is about waist high, and then you stack those barrels atop one another. A year's worth of America's oil and gas wastewater, you would reach the moon and back 28 times. Now that is an exceptional waste stream. It's stunning, and the industry doesn't want it."

Nobel says efforts to treat and repurpose wastewater have been met with mixed success.

"A lot of my reporting has focused on these fracking wastewater treatment facilities, which are attempting to do this really wonderful thing, treat the industry's wastewater, maybe even use it for commercial products or agriculture," Nobel said. "It sounds great on paper, but Derek, what they've left behind is literally radioactive contaminated waste sites that have become abandoned because the industry cannot do this task. They often claim they can. The plants fail. In one instance, in northern West Virginia, we found that the plant became a hangout spot for local kids, and they were literally partying in radioactive waste that site, we took samples. The EPA took samples. It's more radioactive than 99% of the Chernobyl exclusion zone. So that's what happens when the industry tries to treat this waste. It's a major problem for them. It is the Achilles heel, as far as I'm concerned."

The oil and gas industry insists it is committed to safe waste disposal. Currently the majority of wastewater is managed by putting it back into the earth with injection wells.

"The environmental solution is basically put it back where it came from, which is why we use what are called Class Two injection wells," Chadsey said. "It's, considered, you know, old sea water. It's actually saltier than today's ocean, so we can't dispose of it in the ocean. Often times you can't put it through a municipal waste facility. So the idea is, put it back where it came from, which is why we use these wells. It's about the management and the transportation of that from the pad to the injection well, I think where we're trying to lean into as an industry is, how do we turn that into a beneficial use? We certainly know that agencies around the state use that liquid for dust and ice control. So there's one beneficial use. Can we recycle more of it and use that more on our next pad for drilling and so trying to find that entrepreneurial way to turn a waste into a beneficial product, we've made tremendous strides in that recently. The other really interesting thing on that topic is that Ohio has about 200 or so injection wells, and Pennsylvania and West Virginia, because of the geology and a little bit of the regulations, don't have as many. And so what can we do with that water? How do we get it back to where it came from? How do we manage the transportation of it, which is vitally important, and just the entire concept, are we doing the best that we can? I think we are. But there's room for, I think, additional improvement there as well."

A Finite resource

With all of these challenges in mind, the conversation around the future of energy continues because there is one fundamental problem. Oil and gas are finite resources. When we'll run out is up for debate, some say 50 years, others say longer.

Many see renewables like wind and solar as the inevitable next step, but industry leaders argue for a more balanced approach because even clean energy depends on fossil fuels, for manufacturing, transportation, and infrastructure.

"We like to use the word energy addition, because, like I said, we've got 100 plus years of these fuels left," Chadsey said. "And so what you do, if you add in wind, solar, hydrogen, which is really on the cutting edge, continue to use nukes, continue to use coal, I think that continues to stretch out you know, that energy supply, and maybe down the road, we have a lot more electric vehicles than we do today. Maybe we build more transmission lines. We can get the electricity to the cities. But at the end of the day, that chair you're sitting on is made of plastic. That plastic is made from crude oil. So we really have to find ways to stretch that resource out, because we have so many demands for it, you know, now and arguably into the future as well too."

So, the future of energy is at a turning point. The oil and gas industry remains a dominant force, but with mounting concerns over climate change, waste disposal, and infrastructure challenges, the push for renewables continues to gain momentum. The question is not whether energy is changing, but how fast.

"At the end of the day, all energy sources are interconnected, I would argue we rely on each other," Chadsey said. "And energy companies may be known for this source or that source, but they're diversifying. And so I think that leads also to the conversation about whether it's addition or transition, because I'm adding to my portfolio, because there's so much value in all of those sources. And if you bear with me just one minute, if you think about the state of Ohio the map in your head, we'll start at Lake Erie. We've got multiple nuclear plants. Let's come down the Ohio River. We got oil and gas development. Let's round down by Marietta. We have coal, head over to Cincinnati. We've got a lot of solar panels. Head up, kind of through Dayton to Toledo, Western Ohio. Lot of wind turbines, little bit of, you know, hydro and hydrogen, kind of in the middle state. So at the end of the day, Ohio is sitting in a really great position, because we have a diversified energy grid, energy portfolio that's a lot of workers, that's a lot of investment, and each frankly, has its upside and its challenges. There is no one perfect energy source, which is why Ohio is in a great position, because we have all of them, and when we rely and lean into each other and share technology, and you have investments that really is going to keep driving that ingenuity, and that's what's really exciting about energy, that's that's why I love this job, because I get to get up and talk about it, and it's just so fascinating. It's dynamic, and it's ever changing. So I wouldn't say crossroads, but, but maybe just, you know, a turning point is this. Where do we go from here in terms of all of these different energy sources?

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PART TWO: WIND AND SOLAR

The Renewable Pushback

For some time now, there's been a push for renewables in the U.S., met by pushback from lawmakers and concerned citizens. The energy sector across the nation and Ohio is a pendulum that swings back and forth with the winds of Washington politics and is most certainly headed toward a transition. Renewable energies like solar and wind are the fastest growing sector but in some cases, not the most reliable.  

"The wind's not blowing all the time, the sun's not shining and it depends if there's cloud cover and so their availability isn't 24/7 and it can't ramp up on demand," Suzanne Ogle, President and CEO of the Southern Gas Association said. "Right now, there's not currently the technology to store utility-grade renewable power," she said.

There's also the issue of potentially disrupting both the peace and farmland operations to install the solar or wind farm.

"It does take a lot of land," Mark Partridge, Emeritus Professor at OSU and Researcher with the Ohio River Valley Research Institute said. "The amount of land to do a renewable transition is large and that's gonna be a lot of farmland," he said. 

Ogle agreed with Partridge, setting the scene for just how much space a wind turbine or solar farm would require.

"If you look at a wind turbine, say it's a hundred megawatt wind turbine, it requires about 7000 acres of land. The land between the turbines can be used for farming but it does make noise which is an unintended consequence that might be noise polluting so someone might not want that on their farm," Ogle said. "Solar farm requires about 600 to 800 acres so the land use intensity of those two is much higher than a natural gas plant," she said. 

Studies of Concerns, Dangers

The Ohio Department of Health reports there have been numerous studies investigating the noise created by wind turbines causing problems like vertigo, nausea, and inner ear problems, collectively called "Wind Turbine Syndrome."  

However those studies found no link between the turbines and those conditions.  

A 2022 ODH report concluded, any stress or anxiety prompted by the turbines was a result of a negative attitude towards those turbines to begin with. Safety is also a concern.

"With any structure you put up, it can go up but it also can come down," Partridge said. "It's unlikely, we're much better at that than we were a couple decades ago but like a nuclear accident, there could be a wind turbine that falls over and causes casualties," he said. 

The turbines also may pose a danger to wildlife. 

"Wind turbines potentially can affect migratory birds depending on how they're placed, that can happen," Partridge said. "However, with fossil fuels, if they pollute lakes and streams, that could also affect wildlife, so either way, we're going to have some of that. My sense is that that's much less of a problem with wind," he said. 

These renewable energy sources are sometimes not the most aesthetically pleasing, either. 

"When people say in rural Ohio or elsewhere, I don't wanna be near a solar factory with all these solar panels, I mean it's ugly and it just ruins everything, it ruins our landscape, that's a reasonable concern," Partridge said. 

On the other hand, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the solar industry saw record breaking growth in 2024, adding 30 gigawatts (GW) of utility scale solar capacity. That's the most solar capacity added to the U.S. grid, ever and could generate the same amount of power used by 6.3 million homes in a single year. 

"Part of why wind and solar have been growing is because they have become more efficient and able to compete with other sources like coal and natural gas," Amanda Weinstein, Economist with the Center on Rural Innovation said. "So what that means as they become more productive is, they can produce a lot more energy with fewer people," she said.

The Positives of Wind, Solar

Renewables are also a much cleaner source of energy. 

"It doesn't pollute at all near to the extent of refining or the electrical power generation or so forth," Partridge said. "It doesn't have the carbon but it's not like it's costless. Yes, it does have it's own problems but not nearly the same as fossil fuels," he said. 

Depending on where in Ohio the solar and wind farms are located, will determine how much energy they'll produce.

"The biggest benefit is taking advantage of resources we have here in Ohio. So for wind especially in Northeast Ohio we have wind available so it's taking advantage of what we have," Weinstein said. "A lot of areas have very good sunlight for solar. Another benefit is really the revenues. We have a system where communities are benefitting from this energy that those revenues can go to the community, they can go to our local schools, they can go to fund other community resources, emergency services," she said.

A Solar Wind Community in NW Ohio

After speaking with the experts, 21 News Correspondent Sydney Canty traveled to Van Wert, Ohio where there are hundreds of wind turbines and solar farms in the works, but the consensus is they aren't exactly welcomed.

"It's just you'll never be able to farm that ground again," Arlene Keysor, a farmer from Van Wert said. "And this is where a lot of the food comes from right here in this county," she said. 

Keysor has been farming for decades, passing the trade along to future generations. So the last thing she wants is a sea of solar panels flooding her land. 

"I think it'll devaluate our farm ground, I really do because who wants to buy a farm that's in the middle of a solar panels," Keysor said.

Betty Hessel, a farmer who has passed her land down to her grandchildren, also wants it to remain as is, without solar panels or wind turbines.

"We farmed all our life to make that farmland into good land so our kids and grandkids can have a future. I think it's gonna ruin our land, it'll never be the same," Hessel said. "You put those solar panels in, nobody's going to pay for your land, you can't sell it no more. There's a lot of places in these United States that they could put them that wouldn't bother anybody and it wouldn't dig up the ground but I think we need our farmland," she said. 

Van Wert County Commissioner Thad Lichtensteiger said he sees it from both sides. 

"They're a great addition for the schools," Lichtensteiger said. "They're a great revenue generator for the schools but we're a farm community and we grow crops and I think people are kind of purists and I think they're going to see this as kind of just spoiling their country side," he said. 

Lichtensteiger said about 20 percent of the Van Wert community is optimistic about wind turbines and solar panels, including Misty Landwehr who lives in close proximity to the turbines but still has some reservations.

"The only concern would be if we would have a tornado or something like that," Landwehr said. "That is a huge concern sometimes when we're driving and you hear tornado warning or whatever and we're like 'Oh man if that gets ahold of that,'" she said. 

Room For All Energy Sources

However, when it comes to the energy sector as a whole and reducing carbon emissions, Ogle believes it's an all-of-the-above approach.

"Each part has a place to play," Ogle said. "Natural gas we believe is very important because when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing then natural gas is able to step up so it's not competing with renewables that a lot of people like to position it as, it's actually making them possible by filling the gaps when they're not producing power," she said. 

Partridge and Weinstein agree, adding the energy grid needs upgrades, first and foremost and that we should be using all forms of energy available to us to be a balanced-energy state.

"What's really needed is an electrical grid that can move electricity from places where it's cloudy to, get it from where it's sunny or places where it's windy and move it to places where it's not windy that day and right now our electrical grid is really clunky," Partridge said. 

"Making sure that we have modern energy storage and energy grids can help with this intermittency so that when the wind isn't blowing, we've stored up the energy from when it was blowing to then kind of control for that energy intermittency and also to have a truly all-in approach to energy where we have wind, we have solar, we have natural gas, we have nuclear so that we can get energy from a variety of sources but have it on demand when we want that energy," Weinstein said. 

Ogle says our fight shouldn't be renewables versus fossil fuels.

"We have an emissions issue not a fuel issue so to pick a fuel source isn't the right approach," Ogle said. "To address collectively together the emissions is the right approach and there are all kinds of ways that, that can be done," she said. 

If we don't do something, events like wildfires and hurricanes will only get worse.

"We're just going to see the types of extreme weather that we've been experiencing the passed five, 10 years," Ramteen Sioshansi, Professor of Energy and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University said. "We're going to see those patterns become more extreme and more frequent," he said. 

Down the line, one energy source won't suffice without the others so what will it take to move the needle?

"Natural gas has been important in reducing emissions and so even if you think about oil and gas, the wind turbines and solar panels are made from derivatives of those products," Ogle said. "So people that wanna have a very simple conversation that you wanna eliminate one of them aren't thinking about all how ingrained it is through our life," she said.

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PART THREE: FUTURE OR FAILURE

Ohio’s stance on renewable energy makes it an outlier among states

Ohio’s restrictive stance on renewable energy sets it apart from other states, while the state has created a favorable environment for fossil fuels.

"Ohio is ramming down the throats of its constituents the development of oil and gas resources," Sean O'Leary, a senior researcher of energy and petrochemicals at the Ohio River Valley Institute, said. "While on the other hand, throwing up barriers to the development of wind and solar resources."

Ohio law has long allowed the state to approve oil and gas projects without input from local governments. However, lawmakers have given local governments more power to halt renewable energy projects.

In 2021, Ohio revised its wind and solar laws. Senate Bill 52 granted counties the authority to ban commercial wind and solar projects. Since then, 26 of Ohio’s 88 counties have passed resolutions prohibiting renewable energy developments, according to the most recent information gathered by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School.

"Ohio is leading the nation in these local bans on wind and solar due to this legislation," Dave Anderson, a researcher of utility and fossil fuel industry watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, said.

Columbiana County has banned major wind and solar projects in all townships, making it one of eight counties in Ohio to impose such broad restrictions, per the Sabin Center findings.

"Across the country, we've had serious state level permitting reform for renewable energy development and in general, states have mostly gone in the direction of adopting permitting reforms that make it more difficult for local governments to block wind and solar projects,” Matthew Eisenson, Senior Fellow of Sabin Center at Columbia Law School said, “Ohio, with SB 52, went in the opposite direction, where it made it much easier for counties to block wind and solar projects."

At the same time, local governments have no such authority over oil and gas projects.

"Ohio has basically removed from localities, both counties and municipal governments, the ability to do much of anything to prevent the development of fracking and of oil and gas exploration,” O'Leary said,"And that's in pretty stark contrast what's happened with renewable resources, where the legislation has been going in precisely the other direction."

A pattern of prioritizing fossil fuels

SB 52 aligns with other recent legislation that favors fossil fuels over clean energy. Some researchers link Ohio’s policies to House Bill 6, one of the most controversial energy laws in state history.

"That bill did a couple of things that were particularly damaging,” O'Leary said, “The first is that it helped subsidize the ongoing use of coal, which resulted in Ohio ratepayers seeing their electric bills go up."

HB 6 also reduced incentives for renewable energy. The bill later became the center of a $61 million bribery scandal after lawmakers were accused of taking money from FirstEnergy in exchange for passing the law.

In 2023, Ohio enacted a law preventing carbon reduction policies beyond federal requirements.

In 2024, a bill called Energize Ohio was passed to boost natural gas development.

"Ultimately to encourage the consumption of natural gas and increase the region's electricity grid's reliance on natural gas, which again, is damaging both not just from an environmental perspective, but frankly, it's even more damaging from an economic perspective, because natural gas neither provides a significant number of jobs, plus it's also the source of rising utility bills in Ohio,” O'Leary added.

Is Ohio setting itself up for failure?

With energy demand rising, experts question whether Ohio is preparing for the future or falling behind.

"90% of all new energy projects in the region are wind and solar related,” O'Leary said, “But only a small percentage of those ever actual like come to fruition."

Some developers are choosing to pursue projects elsewhere, although Ohio is considered an ideal location for wind and solar projects due to its geography.

"Ohio is somewhat unique in its ability or at least its potential to be a clean energy exporter for the entire region,” O'Leary said, “That's an opportunity, both an economic and an energy opportunity, that's largely being missed.”

Other states are taking a different approach. Texas, for example, is making significant strides in renewable energy.

"A lot of people don't think of Texas as a green energy state,” Nick Messenger, a senior researcher of Ohio River Valley Institute said, “They think of it as an oil state, but Texas has really been one of the states leading the way."

O'Leary said Ohio electric rates used to be about 15% lower than the rates in Texas.

“Today, they're nearly 20% higher than in Texas.”

Data shows more than a quarter of U.S. power generation comes from renewable resources, and only 4% of Ohio’s electricity comes from renewables. In Texas, that figure stands at 34%, leading to increased energy supply, economic growth, and lower utility rates.

Why is Ohio favoring fossil fuels?

"Ohio has a very large natural gas industry, producing natural gas, that also has a vested interest in seeing the development of new natural gas power plants,” O'Leary said, “If they've convinced themselves that oil and gas are economically good and wind and solar are not, then they're going to fight for oil and gas and they're going to do what they've been doing, which is throw up barriers to the development of renewable resources.”

Dave Anderson, a researcher at the Energy and Policy Institute, a watchdog group monitoring the utility and fossil fuel industries, said the influence of fossil fuel companies plays a major role in Ohio’s policies and that it “all comes down to power.”

"The renewable energy industry has certainly grown, but it can't match the political influence and lobbying power of, you know, the oil and gas industry, which is much more embedded and has a lot more money to spend,” Anderson said.

Anderson said political donations and dark money groups allow fossil fuel companies to influence elections and energy policy.

"When you have regulators who are bought and paid for by either a utility or gas company, it's not good,” he said, “because they're going to lean toward the side of the private companies and their investors, as opposed to protecting the everyday consumers that they're supposed to be there to represent."

O'Leary said if Ohio continues to rely on fossil fuels to meet increasing electricity demand, there could be serious repercussions.

"First of all, just because of the lack of energy against a backdrop of even greater demand, it's going to drive prices up,” he said.

The longer Ohio waits further integrate a renewable energy transition, the more costly the shift could be.

"If we build a lot of new gas fired power plants now and then decide in five years or 10 years that we have to do something to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere to stop global warming, it will have a huge financial and economic impact on ratepayers,” O'Leary added, “If and when those resources have to be replaced or in some other way, remediated, that will be horrifically expensive."

Beyond the cost, experts warn about the health risks associated with fossil fuel reliance.

"We're talking about the emissions that comes particularly from gas fired power plants. We're talking about the ground pollution and the water pollution that takes place as a result of fracking, and the damage that does to people's health, but it also has impacts on the local economy,” O'Leary said, “It's not accidental that the counties in Ohio which are seeing the greatest levels of population loss are also the counties in Ohio that are seeing the greatest amount of oil and gas development."

O'Leary added health issues from fossil fuels are not “simply anecdotal speculation.”

“Studies have come out, most recently from the University of Pittsburgh, looking at the gas industry in Pennsylvania and the effects on people's health in the areas surrounding fracking operations there,” he said, “There are real damages to people's health that result from the development of these resources.”

In the end, experts say Ohio must decide what kind of energy future it wants.

"The only question that Ohio needs to deal with is, 'Do we want less expensive energy that's clean, or do we want more expensive energy that's dirty?' And right now, the legislature is choosing more expensive energy that's dirty."

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