Jun 10 Economy These Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate. 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 West Virginia coal-fired power plants owned by Ohio-based American Electric Power may be on borrowed time. The Mitchell Plant in Moundsville, the Mountaineer Plant in […] By Curtis Tate Jun 10 Economy These Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate. Curtis Tate
May 31 Environment Appalachian Coal Is A Major Source Of Methane, A Potent Greenhouse Gas Appalachian coal emits more than a million tons of methane a year, and the region is the largest U.S. source of the potent greenhouse gas. By Curtis Tate May 31 Environment Appalachian Coal Is A Major Source Of Methane, A Potent Greenhouse Gas Curtis Tate
May 31 Environment The ‘Beef’ With Beef: Cattle, Climate Change, And Alternative Meat Many people might think of Blake Munger as a cattle farmer as he walks through his pasture land in western Kentucky, but he sees things a little differently nowadays. “I don’t know which is more valuable, my cattle or the pasture at this point. I used to say cattle, but this plays a bigger role […] By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource May 31 Environment The ‘Beef’ With Beef: Cattle, Climate Change, And Alternative Meat Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 26 Environment Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals On Earth Day, President Joe Biden convened world leaders for a climate summit, where he laid out an ambitious goal for U.S. policy on climate change. “The United States sets out to cut our global warming emissions in half by the end of the decade,” Biden said. “That’s where we’re heading as a nation.” But […] By Curtis Tate Apr 26 Environment Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals Curtis Tate
Apr 23 Environment Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action On Thursday — Earth Day — President Joe Biden announced an ambitious goal to fight the climate crisis: The country will cut by half its global warming emissions by 2030. Such action will require a massive reduction in the use of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, long a bedrock of the economy […] By Jeff Young Apr 23 Environment Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action Jeff Young
Apr 22 Environment Louisville’s Latest Climate Commitments Need LG&E Buy-In Mayor Fischer’s announcement comes on the heels of President Joe Biden’s renewed commitment to combating climate change. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 22 Environment Louisville’s Latest Climate Commitments Need LG&E Buy-In Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 21 Environment Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of the long-running, nearly Sisyphean discussion about climate change, clean energy, and coal country. Simply put: he’s not a fan. “I ask anybody who has been uttering those two words […] By Jeff Young Apr 21 Environment Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate Jeff Young
Apr 18 Environment Sen. Manchin, UMWA’s Roberts Talk Energy Transition West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will take part in a discussion on Monday about the future of energy and coalfield communities. Manchin will participate in a one-hour event hosted by the National Press Club called “A Conversation on Energy Transition and Working Families.” Manchin, a former West Virginia governor, has a prominent role in Washington […] By Curtis Tate Apr 18 Environment Sen. Manchin, UMWA’s Roberts Talk Energy Transition Curtis Tate
Apr 14 Environment New Research: Thousands Of Jobs Possible In Reclamation Of Mine Lands And Gas Wells A regional think tank says damaged mine lands and leaking gas wells that threaten public health and safety could become job generators. By Katie Myers Apr 14 Environment New Research: Thousands Of Jobs Possible In Reclamation Of Mine Lands And Gas Wells Katie Myers
Apr 12 Environment Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities After intense flooding this March, some worry that more slides are inevitable — and that part of the problem might be man-made. By Katie Myers Apr 12 Environment Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities Katie Myers
Apr 6 Environment White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To Clean Energy Through Coal Country 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 have you seen an image of ice crashing into the sea from a melting glacier, or a sad-eyed seal atop a floe, as part of a climate change message? […] By Jeff Young Apr 6 Environment White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To Clean Energy Through Coal Country Jeff Young
Apr 1 Economy Biden’s $2 Trillion Proposal Could Boost Ohio Valley Infrastructure And Clean Up Energy Sector President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan contains tens of billions of dollars to address environmental and economic issues throughout the Ohio Valley region, according to details released Wednesday by the White House. Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, had promised a major infrastructure initiative, but one never got traction during his four years in office. Speaking in Pittsburgh […] By Curtis Tate Apr 1 Economy Biden’s $2 Trillion Proposal Could Boost Ohio Valley Infrastructure And Clean Up Energy Sector Curtis Tate
Mar 18 Environment Slow Recovery: Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Kentucky’s Aging Infrastructure Two floods in less than two years, plus a crippling ice storm laid bare the weaknesses in rural east Kentucky's aging infrastructure system. By Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource and Katie Myers Mar 18 Environment Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Ky.’s Aging Infrastructure Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource and Katie Myers
Mar 1 Environment Heavy Rains Bring Flooding To Parts Of Kentucky, West Virginia Dozens of counties in Kentucky and West Virginia are cleaning up flood damage from heavy rains over the weekend. In Kentucky, a total of 34 counties and cities have declared states of emergency, including Breathitt, Calloway, Casey, Elliott, Estill, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry and Pike counties and the cities of Paintsville and Salyersville. Of […] By Katie Myers Mar 1 Environment Heavy Rains Bring Flooding To Parts Of Kentucky, West Virginia Katie Myers
Feb 26 Environment Climate Change Increases Flooding Risk For Some 230,000 Ohio Valley Homes 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 Virginia are at risk of flooding than the federal government’s emergency managers have indicated. In 12 Appalachian counties in the region, at least half of all residences are at […] By Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young Feb 26 Environment Climate Change Increases Flooding Risk For Some 230,000 Ohio Valley Homes Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young