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![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
![Pipeline awaits installation in a natural gas project.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/21517Pipe_Buck-e1509739330349-900x422.jpg)
Drilling Permits Cancelled For Underground Natural Gas Storage Project
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MONROE COUNTY, Ohio (OVR) — Ohio environmental regulators have canceled key permits needed for an underground natural gas liquids storage facility proposed along the Ohio River. According to an order… Read More
![FILE – This April 4, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david_besse_nuclear_plant_-_by_ron_schwane-e1564149960519-900x422.jpg)
Opponents Say Poll Shows Little Support For HB6
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group calling for the repeal of a sweeping energy law that bailed out nuclear power plants says they have public opinion on their side. The coalition… Read More
![Landfill workers bury all plastic except soda bottles and milk jugs at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6898-5db844337d4e057e4c00e907d926304ae06cf362-e1599830938717-900x422.jpg)
How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
By: Laura Sullivan | NPR
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An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.
![The five largest fires in California history have occurred since 2003, a sign that climate change is making extreme wildfires more frequent.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-1177955361-493b28ed8aba9f26a691b8aa159a105b154f30cd-scaled-e1598636049130-900x422.jpg)
Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth
By: Rebecca Hersher | Nathan Rott | Lauren Sommer | NPR
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Hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves and disease outbreaks are all a preview of our hotter future. Dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help.
![A local resident stands next to a vineyard while watching the LNU Lightning Complex fire burning in nearby hills on August 20 in Healdsburg, Calif.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-1267433091-dc8216a390e6a4f3cc156f0ea17dbdd501678805-scaled-e1598120629251-900x422.jpg)
California Battalion Chief On The Challenge Of Fighting Wildfires During A Heat Wave
By: Christianna Silva | NPR
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Firefighters have been battling hundreds of blazes sparked by thousands of lightning strikes. “It wouldn’t matter if we had five times more firefighters,” says the battalion chief for Sonoma County.
![The San Gabriel Mountains are seen under a clear sky beyond downtown Los Angeles, after air quality was improved by reduced traffic from coronavirus restrictions and weeks of storms.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coronavirus-clear-air-emissions-3366296d5e87d3484f635bbcaf3866f08f5b89b1-scaled-e1588261793526-900x422.jpg)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Predicted To Fall Nearly 8% — Largest Decrease Ever
By: Jennifer Ludden | Jeff Brady | NPR
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Global energy demand, particularly for coal, is falling sharply this year, the International Energy Agency says. The drop is due to weather patterns and COVID-19 shutdowns.
![Biologists tag and release a northern flying squirrel.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/squirrel-close-up-scaled-e1583531413343-900x422.jpeg)
Glidepath to Recovery: Flying Squirrels and Spruce Forests Share Common Fate
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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U.S. Forest Service district biologist Shane Jones stands on an overlook high up on West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain. Behind him lush, red spruce trees stand like sentinels on this frozen… Read More
![Chet Blankenship was buried in the lawn beside his home.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chet-grave-close-scaled-e1583171789142-900x422.jpg)
Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells and the Legacy of Fossil Fuel Extraction
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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“You seen that one with the tombstone up there?” seven-year-old Timothy Easterling asks, looking toward the grass just uphill from his home. “That’s my papaw.” Timothy’s grandfather Chet Blankenship died… Read More
![A bushfire burns in Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP_20026113003661-scaled-e1581029100688-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: Australian Bushfires Prompt Conversation About Land Management Practices
By: PBS Newshour
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Bushfires are still burning in parts of Australia. So far this season, they have claimed the lives of more than 30 people and destroyed tens of millions of acres of… Read More
![A Big Sandy Crayfish](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Big_Sandy_Crayfish_Guenter_Schuster_FPWC-e1580324266460-900x422.jpg)
New Protections Proposed For Imperiled Crayfish Species
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is proposing new protections for two threatened species of crayfish found in the Appalachian coalfields. Under the new proposed rule, published Tuesday in the Federal… Read More
![Wayne National Forest sign](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Wayne_National_Forest_Welcome_Entrance_Sign-e1506514806415-900x422.jpg)
Forest Service Seeks Public Input on Wayne National Forest Management Plan Revision
By: WOUB News Team
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The public has an opportunity to weigh in on how the Wayne National Forest is managed. The National Forest Service seeks public review of a draft assessment… Read More
![The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to roll back government limits on pollution in wetlands and smaller waterways](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/waters-c7a2fceb68eff79382a80e51c29e6046ab5d47c1-scaled-e1579801176797-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Obama-Era Protections For Smaller Waterways
By: Scott Neuman | NPR
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The controversial rule change will dramatically reduce federal pollution protections for many streams and wetlands. Farmers and builders approve, but environmental groups plan to challenge it.
![Miners assemble on railroad tracks to block a shipment of coal from a Blackjewel mine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/more-miners-on-trax-e1564575630626-900x422.jpg)
Bankrupt Blackjewel Coal Still Racking Up Environmental Violations, Officials Warn
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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An attorney for the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet told a federal judge Wednesday that the bankrupt coal company Blackjewel has accrued nearly 300 environmental violations since it entered bankruptcy… Read More
![Petitioner gathering signatures for HB6 referendum](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hb6_referendum_petition_signature_clipboard_091619_-_chow-e1579801417761-900x422.jpg)
Nuclear Bailout Opponents End Their Referendum Attempt
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The group that was fighting to overturn Ohio’s nuclear power plant bailout has dropped its case in court which means the plan for additional fees on electric bills to subsidize nuclear and coal… Read More
![Levi Draheim, 11, wears a dust mask as he participates in a demonstration in Miami in July 2019. A lawsuit filed by him and other young people urging action against climate change was thrown out by a federal appeals court Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ap_19193760884110-aad33c4cfa25d992ee507ce975cdeb068d8ad69f-scaled-e1579642711547-900x422.jpg)
Kids’ Climate Case ‘Reluctantly’ Dismissed By Appeals Court
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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The court said the nearly two dozen young people who were trying to force action by the government on climate change did not have standing to sue. The judges said climate change is a political issue.
![President Donald Trump takes questions from the media before boarding Maine One at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, en route to Camp David in Maryland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19242834496195-e1567266966157-900x422.jpg)
Trump Seeks to Relax Environmental Regulation of Some Infrastructure Projects
By: PBS Newshour
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The Trump administration wants to roll back part of a seminal law requiring environmental impact statements for infrastructure projects such as roads, mines and pipelines. Industry has long pushed for… Read More
![President Donald Trump takes questions from the media before boarding Maine One at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, en route to Camp David in Maryland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AP_19242834496195-e1567266966157-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: How Trump’s Stance on Energy-efficient Appliances is Connected to Nostalgia
By: PBS Newshour
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For years, Washington has seen a bipartisan push to change laws, regulations and incentives to make household appliances and goods more energy efficient. In a warming world, many scientists and… Read More
![A sign promotes a climate activist group in Athens, Ohio](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/climate_strike-46-e1577479185712-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: Despite Extreme Weather and Surging Activism, 2019 Saw Political Paralysis on Climate
By: PBS Newshour
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By almost any measure, 2019 was a year of especially sobering news on climate change, with grim warnings about what could happen in the future along with extreme weather events… Read More
![A man stands in front of a levee](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/levees-huntington-5-scaled-e1576869400348-900x422.jpg)
Rising Waters: Aging Levees, Climate Change And The Challenge To Hold Back The Ohio River
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The longtime journalist and local historian is… Read More
![Volunteers swim in Peachtree Falls after cleaning up trash in the nearby creek.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/coalriver-mnt-watch-swim-e1576269372594-900x422.jpeg)
Two Decades of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock at 20
Coal River Mountain Watch’s history of resistance to mountaintop coal mining is plastered across the wood-paneled walls of the group’s modest office in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Framed photos, many… Read More
![pictures of a Spotted and a Barred owl](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Owl-vs-Owl-900x422.png)
WATCH 🎥 What Can Be Saved?: Owl vs Owl (Part 2)
By: Associated Press
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Since 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has killed more than 2,400 Barred Owls in a controversial experiment to stop the Spotted Owls rapid decline. The agency says it’s… Read More
![pictures of a Spotted and a Barred owl](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Owl-vs-Owl-900x422.png)
WATCH 🎥 What Can Be Saved?: Owl vs Owl (Part 1)
By: Associated Press
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In a controversial experiment, the U.S. government is killing one owl species to try to save another. The northern spotted owl population has been on the decline in the Pacific… Read More
![Piles of coal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Coal-900x422.jpg)
EPA Proposes Changes to Federal Coal Ash, Wastewater Rules
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Federal environmental regulators released proposed changes to two rules related to the disposal of coal ash and wastewater from coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its third… Read More
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