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Coal Comfort: Trump’s EPA And Energy’s Winners And Losers
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s move to end the Clean Power Plan is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to support the struggling coal industry. The Department of Energy is also pushing a new… Read More
EPA’s Pruitt Visits Kentucky Coal Country To End Clean Power Plan
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt used a trip to Kentucky coal country to announce the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle a regulation that sought to limit carbon pollution. Pruitt… Read More
Manchin Opposes Trump’s Mine Safety Nominee
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West Virginia Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin will not support the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the federal agency in charge of mine safety. Manchin said in a statement that he will… Read More
The New Normal: Super-Storms Highlight Importance Of Disaster Planning
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Harvey. Irma. Maria. The hurricane season’s super-charged storms have highlighted the importance of disaster planning, and the aftermath offers a fresh lesson in just how long and difficult recovery can… Read More
Strip Mining Science: Trump Administration Stops Mining Health Study
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The Perry County Public Library in Hazard, Kentucky, lies along Black Gold Boulevard — a name that nods to the wealth the coal from these hills has generated. On a… Read More
Trump Administration Halts Mining Health Study
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The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has asked the National Academy of Sciences to suspend research into the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining. A team from the National Academies… Read More
Coal Hard Cash: WV Governor Wants Federal Money For Eastern Coal
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The country’s newest Republican governor is, like President Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman, a political outsider, and a fan of the coal industry. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a former… Read More
In The Pipeline: New Commission Members To Take Up Energy Projects
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Big-ticket gas pipelines and other energy projects pending in the Ohio Valley have largely been in limbo because the federal body that issues important permits had too many empty seats…. Read More
Considering Compassion: The Science Behind The Ohio Valley’s “Compassionate Cities”
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Many towns and cities across the Ohio Valley try to improve their business environment with tax breaks, site development, and other incentives. But how about investing in compassion? A growing… Read More
Paradise Cost: Coal, Natural Gas, And The True Price Of Power
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Thanks to singer-songwriter John Prine, Paradise Fossil Plant might be the only coal-fired power plant that has a household name. “Paradise,” Prine’s 1971 ballad, drew on boyhood memories from the… Read More
Perry’s Coal Economics Leaves Economists Puzzled
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured a modern and relatively clean coal-fired power plant in West Virginia in order to tout the benefits of coal in a competitive energy market. But… Read More
Committee Hears More About Deadly Black Lung Resurgence
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While President Trump is wrapping up a week of energy talks in Washington highlighting the benefits of coal, health and industry experts met in Morgantown, West Virginia, to discuss the… Read More
Divestment Proposal Pits Coal States Against California
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Political leaders in West Virginia and Kentucky are joining a coalition of states threatening to sue California over a program the state is pushing that would drop investments in coal…. Read More
The Struggle To Stay: Personal Stories Behind Population Loss
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Editor’s Note: Parts of Appalachia are bleeding population; the 2015 U.S. Census showed West Virginia was losing population faster than any other state. There’s a palpable struggle to leave, but… Read More
Coal Country’s Mixed Views on Climate Accord
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Many political leaders in the Ohio Valley approve of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. But surveys indicate that public opinion across the… Read More
A Coal Comeback? Analysis Casts Doubt On Industry’s Chances
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Can coal make a comeback? That’s the title of a new report from Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Researchers there analyzed the factors leading to the coal industry’s… Read More
Revenue Stream: How An Environmental Law Creates Jobs In Coal Country
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When President Donald Trump visited Kentucky for a recent rally he returned to a common theme from his campaign: environmental regulations are job-killers. “I have already eliminated a devastating anti-coal… Read More
KY, WV Move to Weaken Mine Safety Rules
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Lawmakers in both Kentucky and West Virginia are working to loosen mine safety regulations, alarming some mine safety experts. Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that reduces the number of underground… Read More
DuPont Offers $670M Settlement For “Teflon” Chemical Contamination Of Water
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The chemical giant DuPont made an offer Monday to pay more than half-a-billion dollars to settle water contamination lawsuits pending in federal court. 3,550 plaintiffs from the mid-Ohio Valley filed… Read More
Ross Reviewed: Trump’s Choice For Commerce Left Mixed Legacy In Ohio Valley
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The billionaire Wilbur Ross is headed for Senate confirmation hearings as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of the Department of Commerce. Ross made it to ultra-rich status in part… Read More
Picturing The Future: A Coal Community’s Comeback
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Can a photograph help a community grow? One photographer is shedding some light on ongoing efforts in a region looking for some new ways to sustain itself. Rebecca Kiger is… Read More
Toxic Legacy: “Teflon” Chemical Sticks Around In Water Supplies
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For more than half a century along the Ohio River, the chemical company DuPont provided jobs for thousands of people. One chemical they produced is PFOA, commonly known as C8…. Read More
Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal
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Coal-producing states are preparing for arguments next month in the federal appeals court case known as West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to limit greenhouse… Read More
Study Finds Widespread Contamination of Ohio Valley Drinking Water
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A study of drinking water systems found 6 million Americans, including people in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio, are living with drinking water containing chemicals linked to a host of… Read More
The Flood Next Time: Warming Raises The Risk Of Disaster
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People in West Virginia are still recovering from floods that tore through communities like vengeful gods. When you look at the pictures and videos of the June flood – thick,… Read More