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How Athens County is getting ready for future flash floods
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Athens County just experienced its driest August on record. Before that, it received historic amounts of rainfall. From January to July, the county… Read More
Energy Department is offering a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across the Midwest
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Energy said Thursday it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade… Read More
New regulations were about to impact Ohio steel manufacturers. Then the EPA hit pause
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WYSO) — Middletown resident Donna Ballinger said she can’t leave her windows open. “There’s usually smells — chemical smells, rotten egg smells — that burns your eyes and… Read More
These coal plants lose money. Other states have walked away, but not West Virginia
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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CHARLESTION, W.Va. (WVPB) — Inflation has driven up the cost of many basic necessities: food, housing and energy. What Appalachian Power’s 1.1 million customers may not have known is that… Read More
How cuts to H2Ohio could impact the future of wetlands restoration
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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HENRY COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Before northwest Ohio was filled with fields of corn and soybeans, it was covered in slimy mud and standing water. “Northwest Ohio was… Read More
A consumer agency and manufacturers want an audit of $237M in subsidies to Ohio coal plants
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Subsidies for two coal fired power plants put into the 2019 law bailing out the state’s two nuclear plants will end for Ohio ratepayers… Read More
Toxic chemicals contained by the shuttering Chillicothe Pixelle plant could infect the air and groundwater
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WOSU) — Chillicothe’s Pixelle paper mill, which is set to close in August, has a secondary function: it helps contain a toxic plume of cancer-causing chemicals underground that were… Read More
Black bears are back. Here’s how the species is recolonizing Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — A roving black bear made headlines earlier this month for wandering neighborhoods near Dayton and Cincinnati. Sightings in that region are rare, said Katie Dennison,… Read More
The Creek Jam rocks and raises money for watersheds
THE PLAINS, Ohio (WOUB) – For more than 40 years, Jim Miller has been coming to Athens County to play music. Why? “There’s a lot of hippies here,” said Miller… Read More
The climate is changing. What’s at stake for Ohio?
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Climate change will affect Ohio in a myriad of ways: it could alter farmers’ growing seasons, increase energy bills, change the price tag on food… Read More
Hocking Hills is grappling with the challenges of booming crowds
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Hocking Hills sees more than 4 million visitors every year — a number that exploded in recent years. One 2023 study found the… Read More
These Ohio tinkerers are turning trash into treasure
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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LOWER PRICE HILL, Ohio (WVXU) — When the coffee pot stops perking, the vacuum stops sucking, or that lamp no longer turns on, most people either chuck them in the… Read More
Orphan wells pose a threat to groundwater in Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey recently released research showing where groundwater is most at risk of contamination by orphan wells. Appalachia – including parts… Read More
Ohio communities consider housing solutions after record-breaking year of tornadoes
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO, Isabel Nissley | WVXU, Zaria Johnson | Ideastream Public Media
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LOGAN COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Thursday, March 14, 2024 began as a normal day for many Logan County residents. But bad weather was brewing. Logan County Emergency Management… Read More
Earthquakes in Ohio? It’s more likely than you think
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — At the end of last month, a minor earthquake rattled southeast Ohio’s Noble County. A few days later residents reported another. Then another. By May… Read More
More trees in the Wayne National Forest will be cut after a Trump administration executive order
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Trump administration wants to increase timber harvesting in the more than 100 million acres of national forests and is targeting Ohio’s only national forest as… Read More
A Toledo Blade investigation revealed radioactivity in the rural Ohio village of Luckey’s water
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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LUCKEY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For decades, a massive Cold War-era plant created weapons next to the small northwest Ohio village of Luckey. Residents of the rural community have… Read More
The omnibus energy bill is off to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine after months of hearings
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The legislature sent Gov. Mike DeWine an extensive bill Wednesday that lawmakers and lobbyists have said will prompt new energy generation and otherwise overhaul… Read More
Here are some things to know about the US coal industry and proposed changes under the Trump administration
By: John Raby | Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry. Trump issued executive orders this month to allow mining on federal land. He has… Read More
More Ohio deer are dying from Chronic Wasting Disease. Here’s why that matters
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ohio deer are testing positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a neurological disease that is always fatal to animals like deer, moose and elk. It… Read More
A conservation program makes protecting Ohio forests more profitable
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In a swampy wooded area in Athens County, David Funk moves swiftly past sycamores coming-of-age, and the frogs belting below them, to a… Read More
Ohio’s Senate advances a major energy bill that axes subsidies and overhauls rate cases
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass an extensive energy bill lawmakers and lobbyists have said will prompt new energy generation and otherwise overhaul… Read More
From coal to community forest, this is how one Athens County organization is reclaiming former mine land
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The woods behind Weston Lombard’s farm in Athens County is expansive. “If you look around, we’re just surrounded by oak trees and hickory… Read More
In a reversal, plans for U.S. natural gas power grow, complicating progress on climate
By: Marc Levy | AP
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A spike in demand for electricity from tech companies competing in the artificial intelligence race is upending forecasts for natural gas-fired power in the U.S., as… Read More
A business lobbying firm wants Ohio to overhaul its energy permits process
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A statewide business coalition believes Ohio should harness the demand of data centers, the incredibly energy-intensive facilities being built across the state, in part… Read More
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