Energy & Environment Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Apr 9

Energy & Environment

Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities

Elaine Tanner lives with her life partner, Jimmy Hall, at the head of Mill Creek in Letcher County, Kentucky. Jimmy is a sixth-generation Letcher Countian, and the land is his family land. Together, they like to roll around on their property on their ATV. But lately, Tanner’s spent more time searching for signs of damage […]

By Katie Myers

Apr 9

Energy & Environment

Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities

By Katie Myers

Apr 5

Energy & Environment

White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition 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 5

Energy & Environment

White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country

Jeff Young

Apr 4

Energy & Environment

WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary

Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010. Federal mine safety investigators determined that a buildup of methane gas and coal dust led to the explosion at the Massey Energy-owned mine. It was the worst mine disaster […]

By Curtis Tate

Apr 4

Energy & Environment

WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary

Curtis Tate

Mar 31

Energy & Environment

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

Mar 31

Energy & Environment

Biden’s $2 Trillion Proposal Could Boost Ohio Valley Infrastructure And Clean Up Energy Sector

Curtis Tate

Mar 29

Energy & Environment

Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding

Heavy rains have again caused major flooding in parts of eastern Kentucky, a region that has suffered three floods in just a little over a year. The high waters this weekend followed a round of severe flooding at the first of March. For some communities, including the city of Middlesboro in Bell County and the […]

By Katie Myers

Mar 29

Energy & Environment

Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding

Katie Myers

Mar 26

Energy & Environment

Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays

Doctors hired by coal companies in black lung cases are far less likely to diagnose the disease in X-rays than are independent doctors or those who are hired by coal miners, a new study has concluded, pointing to conflicts of interest in the system that sick miners use to receive assistance. The doctors who worked […]

By Curtis Tate

Mar 26

Energy & Environment

Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays

Curtis Tate

Mar 22

Energy & Environment

Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Damaged Lands, Miners’ Compensation In Limbo

The Blackjewel bankruptcy case has been ongoing since the summer of 2019 when Blackjewel, LLC abruptly collapsed, leaving over 2,000 miners in Wyoming, Kentucky and West Virginia without their jobs, their benefits, or their final paychecks. In protest, Kentucky miners spent much of that summer camped on the railroad tracks to the mine, blocking the […]

By Katie Myers

Mar 22

Energy & Environment

Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Damaged Lands, Miners’ Compensation In Limbo

Katie Myers

Mar 17

Energy & Environment

Slow Recovery: Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Kentucky’s Aging Infrastructure

Katrina Bostrin had never seen the lake come up that quickly before. She’d lived in Jackson, the county seat of Breathitt County, Kentucky, on and off since she was a child. It had come up to the garage before, but never inside her home. As she spoke, a volunteer crew from a local church ripped […]

By Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer

Mar 17

Energy & Environment

Slow Recovery: Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Kentucky’s Aging Infrastructure

Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer

Mar 10

Energy & Environment

Coal Mine Safety Regulators Issue COVID Protection Guidelines, But No Regulations

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday stronger coronavirus safety guidance intended to keep coal miners safe from COVID-19 in the workplace. However, the Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration stopped short of issuing an emergency standard — as the mine workers’ union had requested — and instead kept to voluntary guidelines. “This updated […]

By Jeff Young

Mar 10

Energy & Environment

Coal Mine Safety Regulators Issue COVID Protection Guidelines, But No Regulations

Jeff Young

Mar 2

Energy & Environment

Evacuations Underway In Kentucky, COVID-19 Cases Continue To Decline

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear used his regular media briefing on coronavirus Tuesday to also provide an update on flooding that struck parts of the state. Record rainfall has led to widespread property damage and evacuations in parts of the state. Beshear said Kentucky Emergency Management is evacuating 1,000 people from the town of Jackson in […]

By Corinne Boyer

Mar 2

Energy & Environment

Evacuations Underway In Kentucky, COVID-19 Cases Continue To Decline

Corinne Boyer