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The EPA proposes tighter limits on toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
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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
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Biden’s complex relationship with oil and gas, despite campaign promises
By: John Yang | Winston Wilde | Kaisha Young | PBS NewsHour
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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
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The EPA’s new ‘good neighbor’ rule targets downwind pollution by power plants
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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
![The West Virginia Capito building as seen from across the river in spring](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_1301147023-e1672867302357-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia officials investigate reports of powder in the air
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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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Risks for chemical spills are high, but here’s how to protect yourself
By: Jaclyn Diaz | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Questions linger over the potential health and environmental impact of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals near East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. Some residents… Read More
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The current hurdles to putting more electric vehicles on the road
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — In last week’s State of the Union, President Biden reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to get more electric vehicles in American driveways. It’s estimated that half of all new… Read More
![West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin speaking to constituents in Wheeling.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JM37258-1-900x422.jpg)
Sen. Manchin pushes to delay tax credits for electric vehicles
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ratcheting up his criticism, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday moved to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles, a key feature of President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law…. Read More
![The PureCycle plant in Ironton, Ohio. The plant recycles plastic waste into reusable "feedstock" pellets.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PureCycle-plant-e1673456445860-900x422.jpg)
A new plant in Ironton uses cutting-edge technology to recycle plastic waste
By: Taylor Burnette
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IRONTON, Ohio (WOUB) — “A molecular washing machine” is how PureCycle’s CEO Dustino Olson describes the company’s plastic recycling process. At their recently constructed plant in Ironton, all sorts of… Read More
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The ozone layer is on track to recover in the next 40 years, the United Nations says
By: Jaclyn Diaz | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Earth’s ozone layer is on its way to recovering within the next 40 years, thanks to decades of work to get rid of ozone-damaging chemicals,… Read More
![Poll workers wait for voters in Franklin County, Ohio behind a door that has a voting today sign taped to it](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-5094-scaled-e1659541443501-900x422.jpg)
Two controversial Ohio bills on oil and gas drilling and election laws both signed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state is facing a lawsuit over a bill signed on Friday that makes big changes in Ohio’s voting laws. Gov. Mike Dewine signed… Read More
![This March 15, 2018 photo shows a natural gas drill rig in Belmont County, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_18188113625510-e1575487780559-900x422.jpg)
The U.S. wants to slash carbon emissions from power plants and leans on natural gas to get it done
By: Michael Copley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Under President Joe Biden, the United States aims to cut all carbon pollution by 2035 from the power plants that run American homes and businesses. It’s… Read More
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Why experts say you shouldn’t bag your leaves this fall
By: James Doubek | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — As leaves across America make their annual autumn pilgrimage from the treetops to the ground, lawn and wildlife experts say it’s better to leave them around… Read More
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Athens to go renewable with the addition of solar panels
By: Zack Mothersbaugh
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — After nearly six years spent buying and a year and a half of setting up, Deputy Service Safety Director Andrew Chiki and Third Sun Kokosing Solar… Read More
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How ESG investing got tangled up in America’s culture wars
By: Michael Copley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A growing number of Republican politicians are moving to penalize Wall Street investors who consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they decide where to… Read More
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Ohio environmentalists note climate change authority now ‘enshrined’ in federal law
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Environmental groups in Ohio say new language in federal law will solidify the scope and authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate… Read More
![Wind Turbines](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AP_500399547131-e1527270018131-900x422.png)
Climate change will add nearly $6 billion to Ohio communities’ budgets by 2050, report says
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Local governments in Ohio will spend billions of dollars dealing with the varied impacts of climate change by the middle of the century, according… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
Feds issue guidance on the cleanup plan for abandoned coal mines
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued guidance for nearly $725 million in funding available this fiscal year for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines… Read More
![Guardian or Authority of Law, created by sculptor James Earle Fraser, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/gettyimages-1228773157-346717a4cdb1db6f5f4f7dc3ad89914d884a1f6f-scaled-e1646063555985-900x422.jpg)
Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a major blow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate… Read More
![Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ap22166007582395_custom-207c030d7087b0c85f8b5606ad438bab92c1af49-scaled-e1655313188774-900x422.jpg)
EPA warns that even tiny amounts of chemicals found in drinking water pose risks
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water pose health risks even at levels so low they cannot… 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)
Biden allows solar panel imports while also moving to boost domestic production
By: Scott Detrow | Eric McDaniel | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Biden administration is ending its hands-off approach to a Commerce Department tariff investigation that has effectively frozen the solar power industry in the United States…. Read More
![Smoke comes out of a power plant smoke stack](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/power_plant_smoke_stack-e1519134644522-900x422.jpg)
Energy company to retire, sell Ohio, W.Va. power plants
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a West Virginia coal-fired power plant says it will be sold or retired next year. Akron, Ohio-based Energy Harbor announced the plan this… Read More
![A damaged public housing unit in Mayfield overlooks other damage in the city limits.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Feature-Mayfield-Public-Housing-Unit-e1645136130819-900x422.jpg)
Displaced Kentuckians are still searching for housing after tornadoes
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MAYFIELD, Ky. (OVR) — Jimmy Galbreath works hard. The scrap dealer and father of nine from Mayfield, Ky. started working when he was 12 years old. He grew up in… Read More
![An aerial image shows storage tanks at the Chevron Products Company El Segundo Refinery adjacent to a neighborhood of homes at sunset in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on Jan. 24.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/gettyimages-1238013439_custom-e03b30b2f13c73dc075137a543de503492345272-scaled-e1645052729354-900x422.jpg)
Accusations of ‘greenwashing’ by big oil companies are well-founded, a new study finds
By: Joe Hernandez | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Four major oil companies aren’t taking concrete steps to live up to their pledges to transition to clean energy, new research has found. The study, published… Read More
![A map shows the spread of RHDV2 in America](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RHDV2-Feature-900x422.png)
A lethal virus is spreading through the country’s rabbit population. A local rabbit rescue wants your help to slow it down
By: Andre Norrils
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Most people for the past two years have been focused on the COVID-19 virus. But local veterinarians are asking the community to pay attention to a… Read More
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U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021, a threat to climate goals
By: Jeff Brady | Joe Hernandez | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6.2% last year compared to 2020, new data released Monday shows. The spike was attributed to a slew of causes,… Read More
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