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![Server Racks and Cabinets full of Hard Drives inside Large Data Center.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/data-center-e1719005969752-900x422.jpg)
As data centers swell in Ohio, facilities strain electric and water services
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB) — Central Ohio has become a big hub for data center facilities, but they have the potential to put serious strain on the electric grid and other… Read More
![The Kraft logo on a sign outside of the company's building in Northfield, Ill.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24082748290910-e1711378345749-900x422.jpg)
The Biden administration offers $6 billion to slash emissions in industrial facilities
By: Isabella O'Malley | Jennifer McDermott | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic… Read More
![Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ap22157519437556_custom-9b99c3cd343918c386f3afab877d33e6c02013e6-scaled-e1654544225400-900x422.jpg)
Energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites
By: Bruce Schreiner | Isabella O'Malley | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political… Read More
![Residential natural gas meter measuring gas consumption.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shutterstock_1078827368-e1654290128978-900x422.jpg)
Natural gas bills in Ohio could increase under a Republican-backed law signed by DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that blocks Ohio agencies from enacting clean air standards in regard to cars, but a late… Read More
![A graphic reads Year In Review 2023 with a picture of a christmas tree at the statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/download-4-e1703792708684-900x422.webp)
2023 In Review: An ex-speaker and a GOP chair convicted, while new charges come in the Ohio nuclear bailout scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — 2023 had a trial that had it all – money, power, secret recordings and a man who’d been one of the most powerful people… Read More
![The sun sets over the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio on May 6, 2019. Earlier this week, a number of Pike County residents filed a lawsuit alleging more than 2,000 people are adversely affected by the release of radioactive materials from the plant.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/01-JK_LawsuitHeader-DJI_0254-900x422.jpg)
A uranium enrichment plant in Piketon has plans to become an energy hub for the region and beyond
By: Gabriel Scotto
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB) — After undergoing 13 years of cleanup, a former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon is being repurposed as an alternative energy hub and manufacturing facility. As part… Read More
![Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ap22157519437556_custom-9b99c3cd343918c386f3afab877d33e6c02013e6-scaled-e1654544225400-900x422.jpg)
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar, representing what a developer and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office touted on Wednesday as… Read More
![Power supply connect to electric vehicle for charge to the battery](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/electric-vehicles-e1676319015775-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s House votes to stop the state from banning gas-only car sales, even though that’s never been proposed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Senate will consider a bill to ban the state from demanding vehicles sold in Ohio meet clean air standards tougher than the federal… Read More
![Dr. Carl Shy, a public health researcher, cooks on his electric stove at his home.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dr.-carl-shy-npr-cw-5-copy-d5461dba4e6eb9a5c9bd4af81baf7959cc5dd338-scaled-e1697651205610-900x422.jpg)
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Updated October 17, 2023 at 5:02 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched “Operation Attack,” a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas… Read More
![A 2021 Toyota Prius that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell sits on display at the Denver auto show](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23285609590292-e1697421789151-900x422.jpg)
Biden awards $7 billion for clean hydrogen hubs across the country to help replace fossil fuels
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of… Read More
![A row of centrifuges inside a massive facility in Piketon are now enriching uranium.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Piketon-plant-centrifuges-e1697141717329-900x422.jpg)
Piketon is poised to again become a nuclear hub with the launch of a uranium enrichment plant
By: David Forster
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PIKETON, (Ohio) – With the flip of three switches, 16 giant cylinders lined neatly in a row came to life and began enriching uranium that will fuel the next generation… Read More
![Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ap22157519437556_custom-9b99c3cd343918c386f3afab877d33e6c02013e6-scaled-e1654544225400-900x422.jpg)
Advocates see a bright future for large-scale solar projects in Ohio
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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YELLOWBUD, Ohio (WOSU) — Allen Hull has spent almost all of his life in Yellowbud, Ohio, as a third-generation paper mill employee. After 32 years, he switched careers – to… Read More
![Environmental activist Roxanne Groff of Save Ohio Parks talks to Oil and Gas Land Management Commissioner Matthew Warnock, an appointee representing the oil and gas industry, following the meeting on Sept. 18, 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-6-e1695135950203-900x422.webp)
Panel allows drilling on some Ohio-owned lands but delays vote on leases in state parks
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As dozens of anti-fracking activists watched, an Ohio Department of Natural Resources panel voted to let companies bid on rights for drilling in four… Read More
![W.H. Sammis Coal Plant in Stratton, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wh_sammis_power_plant_-_firstenergy-e1554831003255-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Democrats are backing bills for energy companies to change how they conduct business
By: Karen Kasler | Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democrats in the Ohio Legislature want to make changes to the state’s energy policy regarding energy companies. Those changes include limiting how energy companies… Read More
![Some of the 1,000 solar panels that are part of a green energy project on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation frame the landscape near Cannon Ball, N.D., where the grand opening for the energy farm that was borne partly out of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017 was held. Revenue generated from the 30 kilowatt farm is currently being used to power a community center and gymnasium in Cannon Ball. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ap-image-solar-farm--e1634075131531-900x422.jpg)
A year in, landmark U.S. climate policy drives energy transition but hurdles remain
By: Rachel Waldholz | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A year ago, Sonia Aggarwal watched from home as the votes came in on the U.S. Senate floor. Aggarwal was working as a White House aide, advising… Read More
![West Virginia on a map](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/AP11021601319-900x422.jpg)
A Houston energy firm plans to produce clean hydrogen with natural gas at West Virginia facility
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Houston energy transition company is planning a $2 billion investment to produce clean hydrogen with natural gas in West Virginia, a project estimated to create… Read More
![FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP20274726027008-scaled-e1601557459669-900x422.jpg)
FirstEnergy CEO talks about coming out of Ohio’s huge bailout scandal and facing the future
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The new CEO of FirstEnergy says the company is putting the nuclear power plant bailout scandal behind it. FirstEnergy’s new boss is talking about what’s… Read More
![An architectural rendering of the design of the nuclear power plant Oklo Inc. is planning to build in southeast Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Oklo-power-plant-drawing-e1684775483233-900x422.jpg)
A West Coast startup wants to build two nuclear power plants in southeast Ohio
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A California company plans to build two small-scale nuclear power plants near Piketon that will operate under a new model compared with traditional plants. If the… Read More
![Molly McKenzie Nichols with the Ohio Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign speaks to activists gathered in the lobby of the building housing the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-3-e1680728118221-900x422.webp)
Environmental activists say Ohio utility regulators could halt fees for two coal-fired plants
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Environmental activists are calling on the state’s utility regulators to take action they said is allowed under the nuclear power plant bailout law that… 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
![Pipeline awaits installation in a natural gas project.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21517Pipe_Buck-e1509739330349-900x422.jpg)
Biden’s complex relationship with oil and gas, despite campaign promises
By: John Yang | Winston Wilde | Kaisha Young | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — In 2020, Joe Biden promised to move the U.S. away from fossil fuels. But the Biden administration has a complicated relationship with the oil and gas industry. It… Read More
![A power plant's smoke stack emit emissions](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/coal_smog_emission_carbon_stock_-_james_kelley_shutterstock-scaled-e1661976628569-900x422.jpg)
The EPA’s new ‘good neighbor’ rule targets downwind pollution by power plants
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with… Read More
![Power supply connect to electric vehicle for charge to the battery](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/electric-vehicles-e1676319015775-900x422.jpg)
The current hurdles to putting more electric vehicles on the road
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — In last week’s State of the Union, President Biden reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to get more electric vehicles in American driveways. It’s estimated that half of all new… Read More
![West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin speaking to constituents in Wheeling.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JM37258-1-900x422.jpg)
Sen. Manchin pushes to delay tax credits for electric vehicles
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ratcheting up his criticism, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday moved to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles, a key feature of President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law…. Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Two controversial Ohio bills on oil and gas drilling and election laws both signed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state is facing a lawsuit over a bill signed on Friday that makes big changes in Ohio’s voting laws. Gov. Mike Dewine signed… Read More
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