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Athens City Council approves a one-year moratorium on data centers
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens City Council on Monday approved a one-year moratorium on any attempts to build a data center in city limits. The moratorium is intended to… Read More
Residents say they have environmental and health concerns about a proposed plastics facility in The Plains
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Several area residents told county commissioners Tuesday morning they are concerned about the potential environmental impacts if a plastics manufacturer sets up shop in The Plains…. Read More
A new report argues ‘uneconomic coal operations’ affect Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio got rid of direct subsidies for electric generation last August, including by ending two controversial subsidies that went to aging coal-fired power plants. But how… Read More
Ohio’s nuclear energy industry launched a trade association
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As Ohio sees a slew of nuclear energy investments, a new trade association has formed for the industry. From Centrus Energy to Meta, big… Read More
Incoming fracking at an Ohio wildlife area could bring habitat loss, heavy construction and money for conservation
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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PIEDMONT, Ohio (Allegheny Front) — An Ohio commission is considering proposals to lease thousands of acres of a remote state-owned wildlife area for fracking. Some people who live near the… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules AEP doesn’t owe $74.5M in refunds for coal plant subsidies
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — American Electric Power doesn’t have to refund $74.5 million paid by utility customers in 2018 and 2019, following a unanimous ruling from the Ohio… Read More
In northwest Ohio, new tanks are filtering phosphorus from farm runoff
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As rainy spring weather washes phosphorus off farmfields, a series of new filters in northwest Ohio’s Defiance County are working to catch the… Read More
This Ohio teen is using AI to stomp out the annoying spotted lanternfly
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Spring in Ohio brings sunshine, blooming flowers – and a deeply hated bug. The invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) takes flight in warmer temperatures. With no… Read More
Scientists realize high hopes at Ohio nuclear-site-turned-nature-preserve
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — Twenty-one years ago this spring, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and others were working to transform the former Fernald uranium processing facility in northwest Hamilton County into… Read More
Researchers out of Ohio University find community plays a major factor in preparing for extreme weather
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The summer of 2024 brought one of the most sever droughts on record to southeast Ohio. June and July of last year were two of the… Read More
Federal, state, local and international officials break ground for what could be the nation’s largest data center in Pike County
By: Amanda Pirani | David Forster | WOUB
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB) — Pike County could become home to one of the largest data center campuses in the nation as part of a trade deal made with Japan last year. … Read More
Why Ohio electricity bills are so high—and their political impact
By: Dan Gearino | Marianne Lavelle | Inside Climate News
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Inside Climate News) — Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates…. Read More
Ohio towns are pushing back against data centers — to varying degrees of success
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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HAMILTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Danielle Fletcher loves her quiet home in Hamilton Township in rural southern Ohio. But, she’s worried that peace might be disrupted by a data… Read More
An Ohio lawmaker wants the state to make way for nuclear fusion regulations
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nuclear fusion, as an energy source, is in its infancy. Still, one Ohio lawmaker said his colleagues should get ahead of the curve by… Read More
Ohio launches a statewide quarantine to slow the invasive and damaging spotted lanternfly
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The invasive and damaging bugs with bright red wings and black dots known as spotted lanternflies are becoming such a threat since they were… Read More
Are faked public comments about to tank an Ohio solar farm?
By: Kathiann M. Kowalski | Canary Media
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MORROW COUNTY, Ohio (Canary Media) — Ohio is poised to block a major solar farm because of local pushback — even though a substantial number of public comments opposing the… Read More
A proposed solar farm receives mixed reactions from Vinton County residents
By: Amanda Pirani
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MCARTHUR, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — On a snowy Tuesday evening, over 30 people squeeze into a small corner room of the Vinton County Courthouse, lining the walls and doorway. … Read More
Research projects look at the health of humans and dogs in East Palestine, 3 years after a train derailment
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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This story was originally published on Jan. 28, 2026 by the Allegheny Front. February 3, 2026, marks three years since a massive train derailment and chemical burn in East Palestine,… Read More
From muddy waters to a “mosaic of vegetation,” a project aims to restore the Sandusky Bay
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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On a calm November day on Lake Erie, the air wasn’t filled with the sounds of squawking seabirds or even passing boats. Rather, a dump truck rumbled down a rocky… Read More
To clear ice and snow, there are rock salt alternatives that are safer for your pets and yard
By: Alexa St. John | Caleigh Wells | AP
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Winter has its fans, but even those who enjoy playing in the snow probably dislike the chore of clearing up after a big storm that dumps several inches or even… Read More
In southeast Ohio, state and local officials fight over the future of injection wells
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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MARIETTA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last July, a short notice appeared in the back of the Marietta Times. “DeepRock Disposal Solutions, LLC… is applying to permit a well for… Read More
Why some Washington County residents are worried about the future of their drinking water
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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MARIETTA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — When the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued permits to construct two injection wells, to store waste from oil and gas drilling, within two… Read More
Fracking produces a lot of wastewater. Millions of gallons of it are stored under eastern Ohio
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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MARIETTA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests across Ohio. But a lesser known part of the process — where companies discard the… Read More
An IMAX movie tells Ohio’s environmental comeback story from a burning river to top-ranked state parks
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When you think IMAX, chances are your mind goes to those immersive documentaries that take you inside volcanoes, deep under oceans, atop mountains or to distant… Read More
Ohio lawmakers are rallying against lower FirstEnergy reliability standards
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A major Ohio electric utility is asking state regulators to loosen its reliability standards, with a hearing scheduled for late February. Lawmakers say FirstEnergy’s request… Read More
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