PERMIT TO POLLUTE--Bob Love, of Waterford Township, Ohio, gestures during a news conference by environmentalists, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000. Love lives near the AEP Muskingum River Power Plant. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STAND UP FOR OHIO--Jack Shaner, of the Ohio Environmental Council, walks toward Gov. Bob Taft's office, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PETITIONING THE GOV.--Jack Shaner, right, of the Ohio Environmental Council, delivers a petition to Gov. Taft's Director of Public Inquiries, Kelly Davids, as her assistant Brad Reynolds looks on, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)