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![The U.S. Capitol at sunset](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21126795041498-e1628619806557-900x422.jpg)
The infrastructure law brings mine reclamation, clean water and broadband to Appalachia
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The bipartisan infrastructure bill that became law last month has billions of dollars in it for roads, bridges, airports and transit systems in the Ohio Valley. The law also addresses… Read More
![The coal power station on the border between WV and PA](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lbl5-e1529505124239-900x422.jpg)
Coal-fired power plants to close after new wastewater rule
By: Michael Rubinkam | AP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Climate change isn’t what’s driving some U.S. coal-fired power plants to shut down. It’s the expense of stricter pollution controls on their wastewater. Dozens of plants… Read More
![West Virginia Governor Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/091918Justice3-e1538772746314-900x422.jpg)
A Kentucky court orders West Virginia’s governor to pay penalty over mine reclamation
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (OVR) — A Kentucky court has found coal companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in default of a 2019 mine reclamation agreement. A judge in Frankfort… Read More
![The John Amos power station in West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1280px-John_E._Amos_Power_Plant._Units_1_and_2-e1623430821441-900x422.jpg)
Groups ask regulators to reconsider decision on West Virginia power plants
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three groups are asking the West Virginia Public Service Commission to reconsider a decision allowing Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power to keep three plants operational through… Read More
![Emissions rise from a smokestack in Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/flag-stack-0659f703558fba6f60c8c703d075daf5d0f8f883-scaled-e1635358509484-900x422.jpg)
Once again, the U.S. has failed to take sweeping climate action. Here’s why
By: Jeffery Pierre | Scott Neuman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C . (NPR) — In April, President Biden unveiled the United States’ most ambitious plan ever to cut emissions that drive climate change, and he urged other nations to… Read More
![Homeowner Amy Tripp poses for a photograph on October 3, 2021, in Big Pine Key, Florida.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/florida_pinekey_005_custom-5eb8dc8a089ce8cc24c7b41b98216967c0fec697-scaled-e1634311181563-900x422.jpg)
Flood Insurance Rates Are Spiking For Many, To Account For Climate Risk
By: Greg Allen | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The cost of federal flood insurance is rising for millions of homeowners, threatening to make homes in coastal areas unaffordable for many. The Federal Emergency Management… Read More
![The John Amos power station in West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1280px-John_E._Amos_Power_Plant._Units_1_and_2-e1623430821441-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate.
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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They’ve towered over the region’s communities for decades. They generated the electricity for homes around the Ohio Valley. They burned coal, a fossil fuel Appalachia has in abundance. But three… Read More
![A worker operates a forklift to move household waste at a facility that stores recyclable materials in Seoul, South Korea. In 2019, more than 130 million metric tons of single-use plastics were thrown away, according to a new report.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gettyimages-1302396554-8bf0fbcf5824d7a4776807ac6ad206dd75421df6-scaled-e1621438143660-900x422.jpg)
20 Companies Are Behind Half Of The World’s Single-Use Plastic Waste, Study Finds
By: Jason Breslow | NPR
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More than 130 million metric tons of single-use plastics were thrown out in 2019, according to a new report that puts Exxon Mobil atop a list of the companies that produce it.
![Workers next to solar panels in an integrated power station in Yancheng, China, in October. An unprecedented amount of renewable power came online in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. China alone added more than 92 gigawatts of capacity, more than triple the amount it added in the fourth quarter of 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/renewable-energy-10dfb2c99b726ec691ffe1719bc7a3ed254f0945-e1620918182273-900x422.jpg)
Renewable Energy Growth Rate Up 45% Worldwide In 2020; IEA Sees ‘New Normal’
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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In 2020, renewable power was “the only energy source for which demand increased … while consumption of all other fuels declined,” the International Energy Agency says.
![Solar panels on Bryce Baumann’s farm.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_5076-2-scaled-e1614028574586-900x422.jpg)
Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley
By: Katie Myers | Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968. “We believe that all… Read More
![Refrigerators on sale in 2018 in Pennsylvania. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of cooling chemicals that are powerful greenhouse gases.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ap20199385513927-b85ad44528cdd6ce2bf4c292740e64d8c461e2c4-scaled-e1620063695662-900x422.jpg)
EPA Moves To Cut A Group Of Powerful Greenhouse Gases
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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The EPA plans to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are used in refrigerators and air conditioners. When HFCs are released into the atmosphere, they are extremely good at trapping heat.
![Crushed cans to be recycled](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP11070802055-e1619450536788-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: Your Recycling Is Not Always Being Recycled—Here’s Why
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Recycling rules seem to differ in every municipality, with exceptions and caveats at every turn, leaving the average American scratching their head at the simple act of… Read More
![A mountaintop removal mine site in southern West Virginia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Mountaintop-removal-w-dragline-900x422.jpg)
New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — In Central Appalachia an estimated 538,000 unplugged oil and gas wells and 853,393 acres of abandoned mine lands sit unreclaimed, often polluting the air and water,… Read More
![To cut carbon emissions, President Joe Biden announced an initiative to further cut the cost of solar installations, like this one being tested at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40823-86175ad3a28b0b4f5a6ea0b353c1f8598ccb1509-scaled-e1618582035404-900x422.jpg)
How The U.S. Could Halve Climate Emissions By 2030
By: Lauren Sommer | NPR
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Environmental groups and business leaders are pushing President Biden to cut U.S. emissions 50 percent by 2030. The question is: what kind of climate policies will work that fast?
![National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy in an interview with the ReSource.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/McCarthy-in-intvu-e1617894847177-900x422.png)
White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar bears. Just think: How many times… Read More
![Pipeline awaits installation in a natural gas project.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21517Pipe_Buck-e1509739330349-900x422.jpg)
States Sue To Undo Biden Pause On US Oil & Gas Lease Sales
By: Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and a dozen other states are suing the Biden administration to end a suspension of oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. Louisiana’s… Read More
![Wayne National Forest sign](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Wayne_National_Forest_Welcome_Entrance_Sign-e1506514806415-900x422.jpg)
Judge Halts New Fracking Permits For Wayne National Forest
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A federal judge halted the issuing of any new permits for oil and gas drilling in Wayne National Forest. The order follows a decision by the… Read More
![Clendenin, WV faced intense rainfall that led to deadly flooding in June 2016.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flood-resiliency-clendenin-e1580579680899-900x422.jpg)
Climate Change Increases Flooding Risk For Some 230,000 Ohio Valley Homes
By: Suhail Bhat | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — A new analysis of flooding risk that accounts for the effects of climate change finds many more homes in Appalachian communities in Kentucky, Ohio and West… Read More
![Gavel leaning against a row of law books](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AdobeStock_110666651-e1518880023556-900x422.jpeg)
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Improper Shipping Of Nuclear Waste
By: Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged with illegally dumping low-level nuclear waste at an Estill County landfill has pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges of shipping… Read More
![Solar panels on Bryce Baumann’s farm.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_5076-2-scaled-e1614028574586-900x422.jpg)
Here Comes The Sun: Solar Moves In, And A Farm Community Wonders About Its Future
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CLARK COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark… Read More
![Snow covers the ground in Waco, Texas, on Feb. 17. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed renewable energy sources for the blackouts that have hit the state. In fact, they were caused by a systemwide failure across all energy sources.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gettyimages-1231228864-dfabe408ba922a2a528950cecd5ba45e8e87ebb6-scaled-e1613757717171-900x422.jpg)
No, The Blackouts In Texas Weren’t Caused By Renewables. Here’s What Really Happened
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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Some prominent Republicans have blamed wind and solar power for the blackouts in the storm-stricken state. But the truth is that every source of generation fell short.
![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)
Ohio Valley Natural Gas Counties Get Small Piece Of National Economic Pie
By: Alana Watson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — An analysis of natural gas production in the Ohio Valley finds that the biggest gas producing counties in the region suffered economically over the past… Read More
![A coal silo near the old Marsh Fork Elementary School.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/coalriver-mnt-watch-silo-e1603921445226-900x422.jpeg)
Advocates Say Citizen Mining Complaint Process Weakened By Rule Change
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (OVR) — Environmental and community advocates in Appalachian coal communities are concerned about a new federal rule, finalized this week, that is changing the process that allows citizens… Read More
![Most Americans receive little or no information about flood risk before they buy a house, leading millions to put their safety, belongings and financial security in harm's way.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cameron_flood-1-2-76e89219287dd00ca6f160e480007062d21a044a-scaled-e1603246602813-900x422.jpg)
Living In Harm’s Way: Why Most Flood Risk Is Not Disclosed
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
![Heavy downpours increased dramatically in the Ohio Valley as the climate changed.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2018Downpours_Map_en_title_lg-e1602706239595-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (OVR) — When newly elected President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “I… Read More
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