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Athens officials argue the city’s plastic bag ban is legal in response to a lawsuit against the ordinance
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
A Gallia County coal plant sues the EPA, alleging the agency improperly adopted a new environmental rule
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
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
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
Ohio’s House votes to stop the state from banning gas-only car sales, even though that’s never been proposed
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
It’s unlikely, but not impossible, to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius, study finds
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
Here’s how Americans feel about climate change
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
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
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
Biden awards $7 billion for clean hydrogen hubs across the country to help replace fossil fuels
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
Panel allows drilling on some Ohio-owned lands but delays vote on leases in state parks
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
Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that’s a problem
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
Ohio Democrats say the state needs to do more to become friendly to alternative energy
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 study estimates nearly half of the U.S. water supply is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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
Some Ohio lawmakers, including Democrats, want to scrap E-Check
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
The EPA weighs a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in the East Palestine train derailment
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
Why it’s so important to figure out when a vital Atlantic Ocean current might collapse
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
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth
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
Ohio becomes first state to announce EV charging stations set up with federal infrastructure funds
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
Air quality plummets as Canadian wildfire smoke stretches across the Midwest and beyond
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
A pasture tour teaches sustainability practices to southeast Ohio farmers
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
Ohio University researchers will use a federal grant to find environmentally friendly uses for coal
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
Environmental activists say Ohio utility regulators could halt fees for two coal-fired plants
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
The EPA proposes tighter limits on toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
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
Biden’s complex relationship with oil and gas, despite campaign promises
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
The EPA’s new ‘good neighbor’ rule targets downwind pollution by power plants
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
West Virginia officials investigate reports of powder in the air
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Reports of a powder in the air and on some vehicles in parts of the mid-Atlantic U.S. have prompted an investigation by state environment officials in… Read More
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