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Fracking Waste Disposal: Still A Hot Mess
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The slogan for Estill County is “where the bluegrass kisses the mountains.” But since 2015 the county, population 15,000, is widely known as the place where radioactive material generated by the… Read More
Analysis Shows Toxic Sites In Flood Zone
By: Alexandra Kanik | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Ohio Valley has long been home to some of the dirtiest industries in the nation. Coal, plastics, and chemical plants and their waste sites dot our river valleys. Even… Read More
Private Money To Pay For Mining Study Trump Administration Had Stopped
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The prestigious National Academy of Sciences is pursuing private funding to complete a study of the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining after the Trump administration ordered a halt to the scientific work…. Read More
Rare Opportunity: Researchers See Potential In Mining Coal Waste
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Throughout coal mining country of the Eastern U.S. you will find streams that run a peculiar rusty orange. It’s the result of pollution called acid mine drainage, or AMD. It’s… Read More
Credit Rating Agency Issues Warning On Climate Change To Cities
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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Moody’s Investor Services says it might downgrade U.S. cities’ credit rating if they don’t deal with the risks posed by climate change.
R.I.P., CPP? Clean Energy Trend Likely To Continue Despite Trump’s Clean Power Repeal
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey stood in front of the state’s capitol to rally the roughly 120 coal miners and industry boosters gathered there. “The fight against the unlawful… Read More
Clean Power Plan’s Repeal Gets Hearing In Coal Country
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Last month the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt chose an eastern Kentucky mining town as the venue to announce his intent to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era… Read More
Carbon Capture Reconsidered: Big-Ticket Climate Fix Gets a Fresh Look
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A bipartisan group in Congress, including several Ohio Valley lawmakers, is pushing for more federal support for technology known as carbon capture and storage. The lawmakers and an uncommon alliance… Read More
A BOOn From Bats: Naturalists Aim To Help Bats Fight Deadly Disease
By: Nicole Erwin | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Bats have a bit of an image problem. You probably saw some Halloween decorations this week featuring flying, fanged creatures of the night. But conservationists say bats are actually very… Read More
Coal Comfort: Trump’s EPA And Energy’s Winners And Losers
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s move to end the Clean Power Plan is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to support the struggling coal industry. The Department of Energy is also pushing a new… Read More
Little River, Big Ideas: Farming Group Wades Into Clean Water Issues
By: Nicole Erwin | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In the rich land of Christian County, wheat is milled for McDonald’s biscuits, corn is turned into ethanol, and grazing cows support the state’s leading dairy. This is Kentucky’s breadbasket,… Read More
Dr. Geoffrey Dabelko Links Climate-Change with Worldwide Fragilities
By: Tom Hodson
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Dr. Geoffrey Dabelko, Professor and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, has just completed a G-7 commissioned report on climate change… Read More
Fate Of Lake Erie Algae Legislation In Ohio Isn’t Clear Yet
By: Associated Press
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Ohio’s next move to cut down the algae that has been fouling Lake Erie in recent summers may be hitting a snag. Some Ohio lawmakers and those within Gov. John… Read More
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