Energy & Environment Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Apr 30

Energy & Environment

Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley

St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968. “We believe that all persons have a God-ordained right to the basic needs of life in order to meet their full potential,” the mission states on its website. Recently, the mission looked for a […]

By Katie Myers and Curtis Tate

Apr 30

Energy & Environment

Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley

By Katie Myers and Curtis Tate

Apr 23

Energy & 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 23

Energy & Environment

Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals

Curtis Tate

Apr 23

Energy & 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

Energy & Environment

Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action

Jeff Young

Apr 20

Energy & 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 20

Energy & Environment

Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate

Jeff Young

Apr 16

Energy & 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 16

Energy & Environment

Sen. Manchin, UMWA’s Roberts Talk Energy Transition

Curtis Tate

Apr 14

Energy & Environment

New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs

In Central Appalachia an estimated 538,000 unplugged oil and gas wells and 853,393 acres of abandoned mine lands sit unreclaimed, often polluting the air and water, and presenting public safety threats. But according to two new reports from the regional think tank Ohio River Valley Institute, these sites that now pose serious health risks to […]

By Katie Myers

Apr 14

Energy & Environment

New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs

Katie Myers

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

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