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Power Plant: How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Down bumpy back roads deep in central West Virginia, a flat, bright green pasture opens up among the rolling hills of coffee-colored trees. Wildflowers and butterflies dot the pasture, but… Read More
Trump Seizes On Soggy Paper Straws As Campaign Issue: ‘Make Straws Great Again’
By: Jessica Taylor | NPR
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The president’s reelection campaign is selling reusable and recycled straws in its 2020 online store, because, it says, “Liberal paper straws don’t work.”
Refinery Explosions Raise New Warnings About Deadly Chemical
By: Susan Phillips | NPR
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Chemical experts say recent refinery explosions could have been far more devastating if deadly hydrogen fluoride was released. Some are calling for a ban on the chemical.
“Death Spiral.” How A Carbon Tax Could End Some Coal Towns … Or Fund A New Future
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Declining coal tax revenues place coal-reliant counties in Appalachia at risk of fiscal collapse, according to new research from the centrist Brookings Institution and Columbia University. Policies designed to prevent… Read More
Trump Administration Weakens Climate Plan To Help Coal Plants Stay Open
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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The Trump administration is replacing one of President Obama’s signature plans to address climate change. It could help some coal-fired power plants, but likely won’t slow the industry’s decline.
Going ‘Zero Carbon’ Is All The Rage. But Will It Slow Climate Change?
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it’s not clear exactly how they’ll do that or whether it will actually work.
Replacing Plastic: Can Bacteria Help Us Break The Habit?
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
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Entrepreneurs are eager to find substitutes for plastic that naturally degrade. One option is a “natural” plastic made by microbes and then eaten by them. But the process is still in the early days.
Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
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Giant gyres of plastic in the ocean grab headlines, but it’s the tiny bits of plastic that scare scientists. And they’ve made their way everywhere, a new study finds – including our seafood.
Powering Down: Ohio Community Reckons With Coal Plant Closure
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Brick buildings line the wide sidewalks of Main Street in downtown Coshocton, Ohio. On a recent spring day the dogwood trees are blooming. Bright red and white tulips dot the… Read More
Mountain Valley to Pay $266K for Environment Violations
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Mountain Valley Pipeline have agreed the latter will pay $266,000 for environmental violations dating back to April 2018…. Read More
Rising Water Levels a Growing Concern Along Lake Erie
By: Associated Press
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PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) – High water levels on Lake Erie have been flooding streets and houses along the Ohio shoreline and now people there are bracing for more problems…. Read More
1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
By: Bill Chappell | Nathan Rott | NPR
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“Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity,” says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.
Remembering A Coal Miner Who Stood Up For Those With Black Lung
By: Jessica Lilly | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Robert Bailey started mining coal in southern West Virginia’s McDowell County in the 1970s. By the time he retired from the Patriot Coal Company 36 years later he was already… Read More
As Nuclear Waste Piles Up, Private Companies Pitch New Ways To Store It
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Nuclear power plants around the country are running out of room to store spent fuel. Federal plans for a permanent disposal site are stalled, so private companies are pitching their own solutions.
Pipeline Protester Arrested, Faces Felony Charge
By: Associated Press
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LINDSIDE, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia official says a North Carolina man protesting the Mountain Valley Pipeline has been charged with a felony. Monroe County Circuit Court deputy clerk… Read More
Meal Kits Have A Smaller Carbon Footprint Than Grocery Shopping, Study Says
By: Jonathan Lambert | NPR
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While it may seem that heaps of plastic from meal kit delivery services make them less environmentally friendly than traditional grocery shopping, a new study suggests that’s not necessarily true.
Trump Signs Executive Orders In Push To Make It Easier To Build Oil And Gas Pipelines
By: Cat Schuknecht | NPR
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President Trump issues two executive orders that could make it harder for states to block companies from building oil and gas pipeline projects.
Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?
By: Greg Rosalsky | NPR
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A national movement to ban plastic bags is gaining steam, but these restrictions may actually hurt the environment more than help it. Human nature, hard truths, and what kind of bag to use anyway?
FirstEnergy Solutions Preparing New Filing In Bankruptcy Case
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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FirstEnergy Solutions, which runs coal and nuclear plants in Ohio, is working on a new bankruptcy proposal after a federal judge denied their initial filing. FES is filing for bankruptcy,… Read More
Mine Safety Debt For WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Grows to $4M
By: Brittany Patterson | Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource
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An Ohio Valley ReSource analysis of federal mine safety data shows that the companies belonging to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice owe $4.3 million in delinquent debt… Read More
Trump Backtracks on Call to Gut $300M Great Lakes Program
By: Associated Press
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump tried repeatedly to gut funding for a wide-ranging Great Lakes cleanup, only to be stymied by Congress. Suddenly, he did an about-face…. Read More
For A Healthier Planet, Eat These 50 Foods, Campaign Urges
By: Eleanor Beardsley | NPR
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Global reliance on just a handful of crops for calories is hurting the environment — and wildlife, a new report says. It urges the world to diversify its diet to save plant and animal species alike.
Study Finds Racial Gap Between Who Causes Air Pollution And Who Breathes It
By: Jonathan Lambert | NPR
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Blacks and Hispanics are exposed to higher levels of air pollution than whites, yet whites consume more of the goods and services that cause it, according to new research.
Skipping School To Protest Climate Change
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Students around the country are skipping class Friday to protest inaction on climate change. It’s part of a wave of pressure by young people as Democrats struggle to agree on a climate policy.
Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn’t Want It?
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
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Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards.
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