Ohio residents seek $3.3 million over 250 trees cut from protected forest
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Ohio residents are seeking $3.3 million from the new owner of a former coal plant, alleging it cut around 250 trees from a protected greenbelt. The federal trial, which began on…
A dispute over the removal of around 250 trees from a forest near a former coal-fired power plant in Ohio has reached a federal court. Residents of Pierce Township are seeking $3.3 million in damages from the property's new owner, alleging that it violated an agreement requiring the forest to remain largely undisturbed. The trial began on November 9 in Cincinnati, with a jury set to decide whether the company breached the agreement by cutting down trees and creating logging roads.According to WCPO 9's report, the forest is part of a greenbelt near the former William C. Beckjord coal plant along the Ohio River.
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