Jan 17
Economy

Grocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business 

By Sydney Boles

New Testing Reveals ‘Forever Chemicals’ In More Water Systems Across OH, PA, U.S.

Energy & Environment

New testing by the Environmental Working Group has identified the presence of toxic fluorinated chemicals, broadly known as PFAS, in the tap water of dozens of cities across the U.S. where contamination was not previously known. EWG, an advocacy organization that tracks environmental pollutants in consumer products, sampled water in 44 places between May and […]

By Brittany Patterson

Bankrupt Blackjewel Coal Still Racking Up Environmental Violations, Officials Warn

Energy & Environment

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 in July. “It’s essential that these violations are addressed, abated, and that they stop accruing,” Cabinet attorney Lena Seward told bankruptcy judge Frank Volk in […]

By Sydney Boles

Hemp Prices Crash Leaving Ohio Valley Farmers Feeling Burned

Agriculture

Ohio Valley farmers planted more than 27,000 acres of hemp last year — about four times more than in 2018 —  to cash in on a booming market for popular CBD products made from the crop.  Yet with that growing boom, the price of CBD-rich hemp has crashed, dropping more than 75 percent in just […]

By Liam Niemeyer
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