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![Kyger Creek, one of four coal-burning power plants in operation in Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-1-e1714489388656-900x422.webp)
Environmentalists are excited, coal backers are cautious about the new EPA rules on coal-burning power plants
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The EPA rules require them to… Read More
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1531342312952-900x422.jpg)
After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail a rule to slow the rise of black lung
By: Leah Willingham | Matthew Daly | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock… Read More
![West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address at the state Capitol in Charleston on Jan. 11, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ap23012066592768-db2b2b2f3d90abc99bd91c496982079632bba7a6-scaled-e1685560573498-900x422.jpg)
Coal firms owned by the family of West Virginia’s governor sued over unpaid penalties
By: John Raby | Denise Lavoie | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are being sued over unpaid penalties for previous mining law violations that the… Read More
![Coal is loaded into a rail car at an open pit mine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Loading-coal-into-railcar-e1680814340544-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University researchers will use a federal grant to find environmentally friendly uses for coal
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A team of researchers at Ohio University is using a $2 million federal grant to study ways to take coal, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels,… Read More
![Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ap23073700576653-15243df3a10d0218ca1ac2d261fa9678ba4f8886-scaled-e1680725554635-900x422.jpg)
The EPA proposes tighter limits on toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade… Read More
![Appalachian Power logo](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AP_587615330237-e1517000201607-900x422.jpg)
Appalachian Power files a new lawsuit against coal supplier
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVPB) — Appalachian Power has filed a second lawsuit against one of its largest coal suppliers, this time in New York City. Last Friday, the company filed a… Read More
![Don Blankenship](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AP_365902088031-900x422.jpg)
The Supreme Court leaves Don Blankenship’s conviction in place
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was convicted of conspiring to violate safety standards at West Virginia’s… Read More
![Conveyer belts and heavy machinery near AEP's Mountaineer Power Plant in Mason County, West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/download-3-e1661972430152-900x422.jpg)
A coal operator files a countersuit against Appalachian Power
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WVPB) — An Ohio coal company has filed a countersuit against Appalachian Power. American Consolidated Natural Resources has responded to Appalachian Power’s lawsuit in the Franklin County Court… Read More
![Conveyer belts and heavy machinery near AEP's Mountaineer Power Plant in Mason County, West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/download-3-e1661972430152-900x422.jpg)
Appalachian Power sues a coal supplier over missed deliveries
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WVPB) — Appalachian Power is suing one of its coal suppliers, claiming breach of contract and seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages. Appalachian Power wants to… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
An Ohio man is dead after an accident at a West Virginia coal mine
By: Associated Press
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say a coal miner has died in an accident at a northern West Virginia underground mine. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and… Read More
![FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant, located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, shut down in November 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_0115-scaled-1-e1595870817928-900x422.jpg)
Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
By: Associated Press
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
Feds issue guidance on the cleanup plan for abandoned coal mines
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued guidance for nearly $725 million in funding available this fiscal year for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines… Read More
![Larry Householder leaving federal court after arraignment](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen_shot_2020-08-18_at_4.31.03_pm_0-e1597849491674-900x422.png)
Coal subsidies and gutted renewable standards remain two years after Householder’s bribery arrest
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It was a balmy Tuesday morning two years ago when federal agents arrived at the rural Perry County home of Ohio House Speaker Larry… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
Researchers say they’ve linked silica dust directly to severe black lung disease
By: Robert Benincasa | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Exposure to a toxic rock dust appears to be “the main driving force” behind a recent epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners, according… Read More
![The coal power station on the border between WV and PA](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lbl5-e1529505124239-900x422.jpg)
Coal-fired power plants to close after new wastewater rule
By: Michael Rubinkam | AP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Climate change isn’t what’s driving some U.S. coal-fired power plants to shut down. It’s the expense of stricter pollution controls on their wastewater. Dozens of plants… Read More
![Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AP21169757486699-e1625235964592-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (OVR) — Environmental and consumer groups have pushed for the early closure of a 50-year-old coal-fired power plant in West Virginia that serves electricity customers in both West… Read More
![The John Amos power station in West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1280px-John_E._Amos_Power_Plant._Units_1_and_2-e1623430821441-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate.
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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They’ve towered over the region’s communities for decades. They generated the electricity for homes around the Ohio Valley. They burned coal, a fossil fuel Appalachia has in abundance. But three… Read More
![Cecil Roberts, President of United Mine Workers of America](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cecil-roberts-pres-mine-workers-union-900x422.png)
Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of… Read More
![National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy in an interview with the ReSource.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/McCarthy-in-intvu-e1617894847177-900x422.png)
White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar bears. Just think: How many times… Read More
![In this Dec. 3, 2015 file photo, The Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial is shown in Whitesville, W.Va.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP20095448177610-e1617653698322-900x422.jpg)
WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (OVR) — Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5,… Read More
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1531342312952-900x422.jpg)
Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Doctors hired by coal companies in black lung cases are far less likely to diagnose the disease in X-rays than are independent doctors or those who are hired by coal… Read More
![Piles of coal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Coal-900x422.jpg)
Coal Mine Safety Regulators Issue COVID Protection Guidelines, But No Regulations
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday stronger coronavirus safety guidance intended to keep coal miners safe from COVID-19 in the workplace. However, the Labor Department’s… Read More
![Protesting miners blocked the tracks in the morning fog.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/blackjewel-miners-on-track-e1564575779614-900x422.jpg)
Blackjewel Coal Moves To Liquidate, Leaving Millions Unpaid To Workers And Regulators
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURGH, Ky. (OVR) — The convoluted bankruptcy of coal company Blackjewel has hit another turn of events as the company’s former CEO moved to liquidate the company. A federal judge… Read More
![West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin with miners on Capitol Hill.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Manchin-e1557424684732-900x422.png)
Lawmakers, Union Urge Mine Safety Regulators to Act on Silica Dust
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust, an… Read More
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1518216430607-900x422.jpg)
Federal Watchdog Finds Coal Safety Regulator Not Protecting Miners From Silica Dust
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — The Mine Safety and Health Administration is not doing enough to protect coal miners from deadly silica dust, according to a new report from the Department of… Read More
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