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West Virginia Governor Agrees to Pay Family Firm’s $1M Fines
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to pay $1.23 million in court-ordered sanctions against one of his family’s companies. A lawyer for Justice’s companies on… Read More
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Federal Prosecutors Say WV Gov. Justice Responsible For Fines Against Family Company
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Federal prosecutors on Tuesday said they will seek a court ruling to hold West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his son, Jay Justice, personally accountable for a $1.23 million civil… Read More
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Powering Down: Ohio Community Reckons With Coal Plant Closure
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Brick buildings line the wide sidewalks of Main Street in downtown Coshocton, Ohio. On a recent spring day the dogwood trees are blooming. Bright red and white tulips dot the… Read More
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Mountain Valley to Pay $266K for Environment Violations
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Mountain Valley Pipeline have agreed the latter will pay $266,000 for environmental violations dating back to April 2018…. Read More
![Kevin Butt, Toyota's regional environmental sustainability director, at a facility that uses methane to generate clean electricity to help run Toyota's auto plant in central Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_4862-ac2093868b324c5c5ad10bbdd3ffff3f9fe81c19-e1557504996890-900x422.jpg)
Big Business Pushes Coal-Friendly Kentucky To Embrace Renewables
By: Jennifer Ludden | NPR
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Nearly 90 percent of Kentucky’s electricity is from coal — the cheap energy source that helped build its manufacturing economy. Now it’s struggling to respond as more businesses want clean energy.
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DOJ Files Suit Against Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Over Mine Violation Debts
By: Brittany Patterson | WVPB
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against 23 coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, seeking more than $4.7 million in unpaid fines… Read More
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Remembering A Coal Miner Who Stood Up For Those With Black Lung
By: Jessica Lilly | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Robert Bailey started mining coal in southern West Virginia’s McDowell County in the 1970s. By the time he retired from the Patriot Coal Company 36 years later he was already… Read More
![Once it is safe to remove the spent fuel from the pool, it's stored outside in white, metal casks. They are lined up on a concrete base behind razor wire, against a hillside near the power plant.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/021919_peachb_ols37-edit-fb26b8641dddfa910ac8bedb1649a3f99417a513-e1556634484902-900x422.jpg)
As Nuclear Waste Piles Up, Private Companies Pitch New Ways To Store It
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Nuclear power plants around the country are running out of room to store spent fuel. Federal plans for a permanent disposal site are stalled, so private companies are pitching their own solutions.
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Pipeline Protester Arrested, Faces Felony Charge
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LINDSIDE, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia official says a North Carolina man protesting the Mountain Valley Pipeline has been charged with a felony. Monroe County Circuit Court deputy clerk… Read More
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FirstEnergy Corp, FirstEnergy Solutions: What’s The Difference?
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Ohio House is considering a piece of legislation, HB6, that will create a new fee on electric bills and scrap the state’s green energy standards. FirstEnergy Solutions’ two nuclear plants… Read More
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Energy Bill Achieves Two Big Goals For FirstEnergy
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The plan to overhaul Ohio’s energy policy would get rid of the state’s green energy standards and would likely bailout nuclear power plants. The major utility company, FirstEnergy, has been… Read More
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House Speaker Rolls Out Plan To Overhaul Ohio’s Energy Policy
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A new proposal in the Ohio House would do away with renewable and efficiency standards, drawing a new fund to reward not only solar and wind production, but also nuclear… Read More
![President Trump hands out pens after signing an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to pursue oil and gas pipeline projects. The president addressed an audience at the International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center in Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_19100784600719-eb12b653c1ae9c3f9a724b0c5c2422cbe54686a7-e1555008710926-900x422.jpg)
Trump Signs Executive Orders In Push To Make It Easier To Build Oil And Gas Pipelines
By: Cat Schuknecht | NPR
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President Trump issues two executive orders that could make it harder for states to block companies from building oil and gas pipeline projects.
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FirstEnergy Solutions Preparing New Filing In Bankruptcy Case
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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FirstEnergy Solutions, which runs coal and nuclear plants in Ohio, is working on a new bankruptcy proposal after a federal judge denied their initial filing. FES is filing for bankruptcy,… Read More
![Teenagers in Philadelphia prepare a banner for the "U.S. Youth Climate Strike." Students around the world have skipped school as a protest to call for more action on climate change.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_5853-c1077db9c6021b5d61c1d4c005888b117e94817b-e1552598561567-900x422.jpg)
Skipping School To Protest Climate Change
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Students around the country are skipping class Friday to protest inaction on climate change. It’s part of a wave of pressure by young people as Democrats struggle to agree on a climate policy.
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Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Automaker Toyota is planning to announce a major investment in solar and other renewable energy in Appalachia and the Southeastern U.S. The plan includes a massive new solar facility on… Read More
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EQT Gas Company to Pay $53M to Settle Lawsuit Over Royalties
By: Associated Press
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – Court documents say the second-largest natural gas producer in West Virginia will pay $53.5 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit over royalty payments to residents… Read More
![President Trump is pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal-fired power plant at its Paradise Fossil Plant in Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ap_194342048595-6c6a177ae22523ea2c2d37ba9f58e060007a7be6-e1550077953311-900x422.jpg)
President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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President Trump and other Republicans are pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal plant in Kentucky. A major Trump backer supplies the plant with most of its coal.
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Groups Oppose PUCO Nominee For Past Opposition To Renewable Projects
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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As Gov. Mike DeWine considers who to select as the next member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, a coaltion of environmental groups are calling on DeWine to not… Read More
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Coal Comeback? Coal At New Low After Two Years Under Trump
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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It’s been two years since President Donald Trump took office and began rolling back environmental regulations on the coal industry. At a November rally in Huntington, West Virginia, the president… Read More
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AEP Urges PUCO To Approve Large Southwestern Solar Farm
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is holding hearings on what could be the largest renewable energy project in the state. AEP Ohio wants to generate 900MW of renewable energy,… Read More
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Three Miners Dead In Eleven Days: Grim December Caps Year In Coal Mine Safety
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Just a few months ago, the U.S. coal mining industry was on track for its safest year in history. But in an eleven-day span in late December, three miners died… Read More
![The Trump administration EPA says regulations to reduce power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants are too costly and should no longer be considered legally "appropriate and necessary."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ap_627548728301-ba5eef419f04a1d945fad8b10be9ebd1c75a0992-e1546031322799-900x422.jpg)
Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not ‘Necessary’
By: Jennifer Ludden | Jeff Brady | NPR
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The EPA says it will keep limits on toxic mercury emissions from coal plants but now deems them not cost-effective. Environmental groups worry the move could hinder future regulations.
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Digging For Answers: New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Jason Walker spends $50 per month on bottled water. He spends three hours each week standing by the small stream that runs near his house, pumping creek water into a… Read More
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US Coal Consumption Drops To Lowest Level Since 1979
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal report says Americans are using less coal this year than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. That’s despite the Trump administration’s efforts to revive… Read More
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