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![West Virginia Governor Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/091918Justice3-e1538772746314-900x422.jpg)
A Kentucky court orders West Virginia’s governor to pay penalty over mine reclamation
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (OVR) — A Kentucky court has found coal companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in default of a 2019 mine reclamation agreement. A judge in Frankfort… 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)
Consumer advocates demand fresh FirstEnergy audit after new facts are revealed
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Consumer advocates are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to reopen one of its audits of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. after discovering evidence that the first… 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)
Groups ask regulators to reconsider decision on West Virginia power plants
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three groups are asking the West Virginia Public Service Commission to reconsider a decision allowing Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power to keep three plants operational through… Read More
![Emissions rise from a smokestack in Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/flag-stack-0659f703558fba6f60c8c703d075daf5d0f8f883-scaled-e1635358509484-900x422.jpg)
Once again, the U.S. has failed to take sweeping climate action. Here’s why
By: Jeffery Pierre | Scott Neuman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C . (NPR) — In April, President Biden unveiled the United States’ most ambitious plan ever to cut emissions that drive climate change, and he urged other nations to… 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)
How Dem debate over Biden climate agenda could affect U.S. economy
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The coming weeks will be pivotal for President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda as Congress and the White House debate the trade-offs of a major bill that… Read More
![Solar panels on Bryce Baumann’s farm.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_5076-2-scaled-e1614028574586-900x422.jpg)
Why energy prices are spiking globally and how it affects green initiatives
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Gasoline prices are on the rise, along with the cost of home-heating oil and natural gas. But international energy officials at the Russian Energy Week event on… 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)
Appalachian Solar Dreams Become Realities As Money Flows In To A Community In Kentucky
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The promise of solar energy for small, rural communities, and particularly those recovering from the decline of the coal industry, is twofold: job creation, and… 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 Charged In House Bill 6 Scandal, Agrees To $230 Million Penalty
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy will pay $230 million after entering into a deferred prosecution agreement over charges that the company bribed then-House Speaker Larry Householder and former… 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
![Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by Sens. Ed Markey (left) and Martin Heinrich, discusses legislation in April to reimpose regulations to reduce methane pollution from oil and gas wells.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ap21118530317655-d6a166bb11ab2eb70f6139e79bdbe5377178674c-scaled-e1624638298314-900x422.jpg)
Congress Votes To Restore Regulations On Climate-Warming Methane Emissions
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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The Trump administration rolled back the regulations last year, a move that was so controversial even some oil companies opposed it. Methane is an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
![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
![Workers next to solar panels in an integrated power station in Yancheng, China, in October. An unprecedented amount of renewable power came online in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. China alone added more than 92 gigawatts of capacity, more than triple the amount it added in the fourth quarter of 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/renewable-energy-10dfb2c99b726ec691ffe1719bc7a3ed254f0945-e1620918182273-900x422.jpg)
Renewable Energy Growth Rate Up 45% Worldwide In 2020; IEA Sees ‘New Normal’
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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In 2020, renewable power was “the only energy source for which demand increased … while consumption of all other fuels declined,” the International Energy Agency says.
![Solar panels on Bryce Baumann’s farm.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_5076-2-scaled-e1614028574586-900x422.jpg)
Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley
By: Katie Myers | Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968. “We believe that all… 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
![A mountaintop removal mine site in southern West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Mountaintop-removal-w-dragline-900x422.jpg)
New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — In Central Appalachia an estimated 538,000 unplugged oil and gas wells and 853,393 acres of abandoned mine lands sit unreclaimed, often polluting the air and water,… 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
![Pipeline awaits installation in a natural gas project.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21517Pipe_Buck-e1509739330349-900x422.jpg)
States Sue To Undo Biden Pause On US Oil & Gas Lease Sales
By: Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and a dozen other states are suing the Biden administration to end a suspension of oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. Louisiana’s… Read More
![Gavel leaning against a row of law books](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AdobeStock_110666651-e1518880023556-900x422.jpeg)
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Improper Shipping Of Nuclear Waste
By: Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged with illegally dumping low-level nuclear waste at an Estill County landfill has pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges of shipping… Read More
![Tyler Hollon, who works for a construction company in Utah, says eliminating natural gas from apartment buildings can reduce costs. Hollon's company now shares its designs and budgets with other builders. "The reason we're giving it away is to clean up the air," Hollon says. "We want everybody to do it. It's everybody's air that we're all breathing. Makes my mountain bike ride that much easier."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/carbonneutral0029-1ee98e7833828674d2a51ecce12c8bc094fc7366-e1614031726721-900x422.jpg)
As Cities Grapple With Climate Change, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business
By: Jeff Brady | Dan Charles | NPR
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Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block local climate action and protect their business.
![Solar panels on Bryce Baumann’s farm.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_5076-2-scaled-e1614028574586-900x422.jpg)
Here Comes The Sun: Solar Moves In, And A Farm Community Wonders About Its Future
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CLARK COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark… Read More
![Snow covers the ground in Waco, Texas, on Feb. 17. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed renewable energy sources for the blackouts that have hit the state. In fact, they were caused by a systemwide failure across all energy sources.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gettyimages-1231228864-dfabe408ba922a2a528950cecd5ba45e8e87ebb6-scaled-e1613757717171-900x422.jpg)
No, The Blackouts In Texas Weren’t Caused By Renewables. Here’s What Really Happened
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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Some prominent Republicans have blamed wind and solar power for the blackouts in the storm-stricken state. But the truth is that every source of generation fell short.
![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)
Lawmakers Propose Several Bills To Repeal, Change HB6
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several bills have been introduced in the Ohio House and Senate to tackle the controversial nuclear power plant bailout bill, HB6. The measures range… Read More
![This March 15, 2018 photo shows a natural gas drill rig in Belmont County, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_18188113625510-e1575487780559-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Valley Natural Gas Counties Get Small Piece Of National Economic Pie
By: Alana Watson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — An analysis of natural gas production in the Ohio Valley finds that the biggest gas producing counties in the region suffered economically over the past… Read More
![Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) talked to reporters on September 1, 2020, after returning to the House for the first time since his July arrest in a $61 million bribery scheme.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/householder_gaggle_3-e1612556376997-900x422.jpg)
Another Plea Deal In Householder/Nuclear Bailout Corruption Case
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s another plea deal in the federal corruption case involving Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), the former chair of the Ohio… 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 Agrees Not To Seek Subsidy In Agreement With AG
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced Ohio’s largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provision in a… Read More
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