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In northwest Ohio, new tanks are filtering phosphorus from farm runoff
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — As rainy spring weather washes phosphorus off farmfields, a series of new filters in northwest Ohio’s Defiance County are working to catch the… Read More
Scientists realize high hopes at Ohio nuclear-site-turned-nature-preserve
By: Tana Weingartner | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — Twenty-one years ago this spring, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and others were working to transform the former Fernald uranium processing facility in northwest Hamilton County into… Read More
A proposed constitutional amendment banning large scale data centers statewide is moving forward
By: Amanda Pirani
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — A constitutional amendment banning large scale data centers statewide is one step closer to making it on the November ballot. According to an announcement… Read More
The roots of Ohio’s volunteer firefighting crisis go back centuries
By: Abbey Marshall | Ideastream Public Media
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Three years ago, a fiery derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials upended life in the quiet rural town of East Palestine. The… Read More
Environmental advocates sue Ohio for the rights to enforce clean air rules
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — For decades, Ohioans have had multiple tools at their disposal to keep air polluters in check. But Ohio’s budget bill passed over the summer strips… Read More
Ohio landfills take drilling waste, but don’t track or test much of it
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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AMSTERDAM, Ohio (The Allegheny Front) — The process of fracking a well brings up gas or oil from deep underground. But it also brings dirt and rocks that could be… Read More
An Ohio bill would regulate carbon sequestration projects of major polluters
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio bill making its way through the legislature regulates carbon sequestration, or taking and storing CO2 emissions underground to mitigate the effects of climate… Read More
New regulations were about to impact Ohio steel manufacturers. Then the EPA hit pause
By: Adriana Martinez-Smiley | WYSO
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WYSO) — Middletown resident Donna Ballinger said she can’t leave her windows open. “There’s usually smells — chemical smells, rotten egg smells — that burns your eyes and… Read More
A judge dismissed the James M. Gavin power plant’s lawsuit challenging EPA rules on toxic waste disposal
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Regulators say a coal-fired power plant in southeast Ohio did not comply with federal rules on the safe storage of toxic waste, putting groundwater at risk… Read More
A storm drain painting project combats pollution in local rivers
By: Talia Milewich
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A local project is drawing awareness to water pollution by painting over local storm drains that feed into the Hocking River. Morgan Riddiford, an Ohio University… Read More
A Toledo Blade investigation revealed radioactivity in the rural Ohio village of Luckey’s water
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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LUCKEY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For decades, a massive Cold War-era plant created weapons next to the small northwest Ohio village of Luckey. Residents of the rural community have… Read More
Scientists want to monitor microplastics in the Great Lakes. Here’s why it matters
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Research suggests the concentration of microplastics in Lake Erie rivals the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The particles are present in all five Great Lakes, but there’s… Read More
A Kentucky coal firm is held in contempt again over West Virginia mine pollution
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for failing to submit adequate plans to clean mine pollution at… Read More
A new EPA rule says 200 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the… Read More
A Gallia County coal plant sues the EPA, alleging the agency improperly adopted a new environmental rule
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The owner of a coal-fired power plant in Gallia County argues in a lawsuit that the federal government improperly adopted new environmental rules that could result… Read More
Ohio reaches a settlement with DuPont and other companies for $110 million over decades of PFOA contamination in southeast Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio reached a $110 million settlement with DuPont, Chemours and Corteva to repair environmental damage in southeast Ohio following seven decades of contamination at… Read More
This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal on pollution set… Read More
Towboat owner pleads guilty to a pollution charge in the oil spill along West Virginia-Kentucky border
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The owner of a towboat that sank and resulted in pollution of a river along the West Virginia-Kentucky border pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal pollution… Read More
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Updated October 17, 2023 at 5:02 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched “Operation Attack,” a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas… Read More
It’s a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs
By: Julia Simon | NPR
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PARIS — In the 11th arrondissement, a middle-to-working class neighborhood in the east of Paris, if you walk out your front door, you can arrive at a preschool in one… Read More
EVs are expensive. These city commuters ditched cars altogether — for e-bikes
By: Adam Bearne | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Electric cars are seen as a key way to reduce climate change causing emissions — but they are expensive. The average price paid for a new… Read More
Sanitation Company Agrees To Halt Operations That Polluted Vinton County Creek
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Faced with legal action by the state, a Vinton County company has agreed to clean up a creek it polluted and take steps to prevent future… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Sues Vinton County Company Over Creek Pollution
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio’s attorney general is suing a Vinton County sanitation company, accusing it of illegally dumping so much sewage and grease into a field that it polluted… Read More
Raccoon Creek Again Stained By Pollution Following Years Of Cleanup Efforts
By: Taylor Burnette
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Septic tank waste and restaurant grease spread into a section of Raccoon Creek in Vinton County after a local business put too much waste in a… Read More
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.