Energy & Environment Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Oct 23

Energy & Environment

From Appalachia To Wyoming: Youth From Coal Country Discuss The Future After Coal

On a recent Saturday, over Zoom, a group of seven high schoolers from Wyoming, eastern Kentucky and West Virginia gazed at an image of a gleaming, pale blue, coal-fired power plant. “OK, so this one really interested us,” said Sarah Belcher, a senior from eastern Kentucky. “So we noticed your all’s coal facilities, they’re really […]

By Brittany Patterson

Oct 23

Energy & Environment

From Appalachia To Wyoming: Youth From Coal Country Discuss The Future After Coal

By Brittany Patterson

Oct 19

Energy & Environment

Bob Murray Announces Retirement From Coal Company He Founded

After applying for black lung benefits, Robert Murray, founder and former president of the now-bankrupt coal company Murray Energy Corp., announced Monday he was leaving the business after more than 60 years in the industry. Murray Energy emerged from bankruptcy protection last month as American Consolidated Natural Resources (ACNR). The 80-year-old Murray was named chairman […]

By Brittany Patterson

Oct 19

Energy & Environment

Bob Murray Announces Retirement From Coal Company He Founded

Brittany Patterson

Oct 15

Energy & Environment

Environmental Risks Remain As Blackjewel Bankruptcy Nears Its End

Environmental advocates worry a coal company liquidation plan will leave dozens of coal permits in eastern Kentucky unreclaimed, according to filings in the bankruptcy proceedings of Blackjewel L.L.C. The bankruptcy case has dragged on since last July, when the once-mighty coal company’s Chapter 11 filing left hundreds of Appalachian coal miners suddenly without work, and […]

By Sydney Boles

Oct 15

Energy & Environment

Environmental Risks Remain As Blackjewel Bankruptcy Nears Its End

Sydney Boles

Oct 13

Energy & Environment

Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change

When newly elected President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” The goal of the landmark Paris Agreement, which was signed in 2015 by 189 parties, is to limit […]

By Sydney Boles

Oct 13

Energy & Environment

Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change

Sydney Boles

Sep 30

Energy & Environment

Bob Murray, Who Fought Black Lung Regulations As A Coal Operator, Has Filed For Black Lung Benefits

Robert E. Murray, the former CEO and president of the now-bankrupt Murray Energy, has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Labor for black lung benefits. For years, Murray and his company fought against federal mine safety regulations aimed at reducing the debilitating disease. “I founded the company and created 8,000 jobs there until […]

By Brittany Patterson and Dave Mistich

Sep 30

Energy & Environment

Bob Murray, Who Fought Black Lung Regulations As A Coal Operator, Has Filed For Black Lung Benefits

Brittany Patterson and Dave Mistich

Sep 28

Energy & Environment

Drilling Permits Cancelled For Underground Natural Gas Storage Project

Ohio environmental regulators have canceled key permits needed for an underground natural gas liquids storage facility proposed along the Ohio River. According to an order from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, permits to drill three three Class III solution mining wells in Monroe County, Ohio were cancelled on Sept. 21. Cancellation was requested by […]

By Brittany Patterson

Sep 28

Energy & Environment

Drilling Permits Cancelled For Underground Natural Gas Storage Project

Brittany Patterson

Sep 16

Energy & Environment

Murray Energy Exits Bankruptcy, Rehires Union Miners

Coal mining giant Murray Energy Corp. has emerged from bankruptcy with a new name and a commitment to rehire all of its former union employees, according to a news release from the United Mine Workers of America. UMWA President Cecil Roberts said on Wednesday that a new collective bargaining agreement has been finalized between the […]

By Brittany Patterson

Sep 16

Energy & Environment

Murray Energy Exits Bankruptcy, Rehires Union Miners

Brittany Patterson

Sep 11

Energy & Environment

Remembering A Miner Who Personified Coal’s Contributions And Costs

Charles Wayne Stanley ran underground mining machines for some 20 years, cutting coal from beneath the hills where Virginia meets Kentucky along the Cumberland ridge. He spent another decade as a roof bolter, work that kept the rock above from falling in on his fellow miners. Stanley was 53 when the Ohio Valley ReSource and […]

By Jeff Young

Sep 11

Energy & Environment

Remembering A Miner Who Personified Coal’s Contributions And Costs

Jeff Young

Sep 2

Energy & Environment

Former Blackjewel Miners Could Get More Money From Proposed Settlement

A proposed $17.3 million settlement of a class action lawsuit would provide additional payment for hundreds of Appalachian coal miners who were suddenly left jobless by the abrupt bankruptcy of the Blackjewel mining company. The settlement must be approved by the judge overseeing the complicated Blackjewel bankruptcy case. Although it is not yet final, attorneys […]

By Jeff Young

Sep 2

Energy & Environment

Former Blackjewel Miners Could Get More Money From Proposed Settlement

Jeff Young

Aug 28

Energy & Environment

“False Hope” or Four More Years? Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump was all-in on the fossil fuel industry. In a 2016 rally in Charleston, West Virginia, the candidate proudly accepted an endorsement from that state’s coal association, donning a hardhat while he mimed digging coal. To thundering applause, he promised to bring back coal jobs to the struggling Appalachian coalfields. Four […]

By Sydney Boles

Aug 28

Energy & Environment

“False Hope” or Four More Years? Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy

Sydney Boles