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Severe shortage of rainfall brings drought conditions to southeast Ohio’s usually wet summer
By: Isabelle Isco
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Athens, Ohio (WOUB) — It’s been a hot and humid summer, the perfect ingredients for rain. So, where has all the rain gone? June is usually the rainiest month in… Read More
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Rebate program encourages Athens residents to switch from gas-powered yard equipment to electric
By: Haley Swaino
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A new program in Athens is encouraging residents to go green when it comes to their lawn care. The “VoLTaGE” (Voluntary Lawn Tool Going Electric) program… Read More
![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
![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
![Plastic single-use shopping bags at the checkout area in a Walmart store.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/plastic-bags-in-store-e1704222225431-900x422.jpg)
Athens officials argue the city’s plastic bag ban is legal in response to a lawsuit against the ordinance
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — In response to a lawsuit challenging its new plastic bag ban, the city of Athens argues it did not exceed its authority and suggests it is… Read More
![The General James M. Gavin Power Plant is a 2,600-megawatt supercritical coal-fired power station in Cheshire, owned by Lightstone Generation LLC.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/General-James-Gavin-power-plant-e1704817725487-900x422.jpg)
A Gallia County coal plant sues the EPA, alleging the agency improperly adopted a new environmental rule
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The owner of a coal-fired power plant in Gallia County argues in a lawsuit that the federal government improperly adopted new environmental rules that could result… 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
![Tourism infrastructure on the beach lays in shambles after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ap23300080231007-5682d54d7c516f8ff8903319948689faa3be0754-scaled-e1698706151184-900x422.jpg)
It’s unlikely, but not impossible, to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius, study finds
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — It is unlikely, but not impossible, for humans to hit the lower temperature target for global warming set by the landmark 2015 Paris agreement, according to new… Read More
![Two women embrace and cry as they look out over a burned area in Lahaina, Hawaii](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230822-_dsc6707-edit_custom-e5ab5e97b23db66cdf5665450c287523116036b9-scaled-e1698265654662-900x422.jpg)
Here’s how Americans feel about climate change
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Most Americans say that climate change is harming people in the United States, and that climate impacts will get worse over their lifetime, according to a new… 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
![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
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Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that’s a problem
By: Sequoia Carrillo | Beth Wallis | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — This week, sweltering heat has forced districts around the country – up and down the East coast and across the Midwest – to close schools early or… 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 Democrats say the state needs to do more to become friendly to alternative energy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Democrats want the state to do more to make sure that a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Fayette County isn’t the… Read More
![A hand reaches up to a water faucet as water pours out](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_1686445777-e1672789829451-900x422.jpg)
A study estimates nearly half of the U.S. water supply is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
By: Stephanie Sy | Courtney Norris | Dorothy Hastings | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — A recent government study estimates nearly half of America’s tap water could contain toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. These forever chemicals have been used in many… Read More
![A row of cars parked at angles](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/shutterstock_227900236-e1671115690985-900x422.jpg)
Some Ohio lawmakers, including Democrats, want to scrap E-Check
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Car owners in northeast Ohio have been required to get their vehicles tested for emissions every two years since 1996. But now there’s bipartisan support… Read More
![A man takes photos as a black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AP23038596704275-e1675893722579-900x422.jpg)
The EPA weighs a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in the East Palestine train derailment
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic… Read More
![the huge face of a craggy glacier in Prince Christian Sound, South Greenland](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/shutterstock_2186867637-e1690561480543-900x422.jpg)
Why it’s so important to figure out when a vital Atlantic Ocean current might collapse
By: Lauren Sommer | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, there’s a massive current the size of 8,000 Mississippi Rivers. Its role in the Earth’s climate is so powerful that it determines… Read More
![Children cool themselves with electric fans in Beijing. They are wearing princess dresses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ap23194652744623_custom-6d971bd2621ad51d88cb2ffc2e54aa074f3934d9-scaled-e1689349337829-900x422.jpg)
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Last month was the hottest June on record going back 174 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It’s the latest temperature record to fall… Read More
![A map of the 27 electric vehicle charging stations at the ODOT facility in Hilliard, where the locations of those federally funded charging stations was announced.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-3-1-e1689346443773-900x422.webp)
Ohio becomes first state to announce EV charging stations set up with federal infrastructure funds
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will use $18 million in federal funding to pay for EV charging stations — making it the first state to announce plans to use… Read More
![Haze from Canadian wildfires blankets the Chicago skyline as seen from the city's South Loop neighborhood](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ap23179515232822_custom-32aeedd95288471a7e0f887a7f802b91e2630542-scaled-e1687985231216-900x422.jpg)
Air quality plummets as Canadian wildfire smoke stretches across the Midwest and beyond
By: Joe Hernandez | Rachel Treisman | Emily Olson | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Smoke from wildfires in Canada is again blanketing parts of the U.S. with a thick haze that’s reducing visibility and prompting air quality warnings in several states…. Read More
![Shew Family Farm is owned by Pete and Marjie Shew. The farm started out as an orchard until a couple decades ago when they switched to solely farming cattle.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shew-e1686779109827-900x422.jpg)
A pasture tour teaches sustainability practices to southeast Ohio farmers
By: Morgan Anderson
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STOCKPORT, Ohio (WOUB) — As the sun peaked behind the mid-day clouds, Bob Hendershot led a group of southeast Ohio farmers through a pasture and then stopped to point at… 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
![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
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