Energy & Environment Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Mar 13

Energy & Environment

Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley

Automaker Toyota is planning to announce a major investment in solar and other renewable energy in Appalachia and the Southeastern U.S. The plan includes a massive new solar facility on an old surface coal mine property in Kentucky. Sources close to the deal tell the Ohio Valley Resource that the Kentucky site is part of […]

By Sydney Boles

Mar 13

Energy & Environment

Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley

By Sydney Boles

Mar 4

Energy & Environment

Study Finds Coal Ash Contamination Widespread In Ohio Valley

More than 90 percent of the nation’s regulated coal ash repositories are leaking unsafe levels of toxic chemicals into nearby groundwater, including ash sites at more than 30 coal-fired power plants in the Ohio Valley. A new analysis released Monday by the Environmental Integrity Project and other advocacy groups looked at federally-mandated groundwater data from […]

By Brittany Patterson

Mar 4

Energy & Environment

Study Finds Coal Ash Contamination Widespread In Ohio Valley

Brittany Patterson

Mar 1

Energy & Environment

Defendant Wants To Change Plea In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

One of the Kentucky mine workers charged in a coal dust fraud case last year wants to change his “not guilty” plea to “guilty,” a possible indication that the defendant will cooperate with prosecutors in the case. Court documents show defendant Ron Ivy, a former employee of Armstrong Coal, is scheduled to change his plea […]

By Becca Schimmel

Mar 1

Energy & Environment

Defendant Wants To Change Plea In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

Becca Schimmel

Feb 27

Energy & Environment

Federal Prosecutor Adds Charges In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

A federal prosecutor announced new charges against a senior coal company official for conspiring to falsify the required monitoring of coal dust. The case comes amid a surge in cases of black lung disease and widespread allegations from miners that cheating on dust monitors is common in the mining industry. Western Kentucky District U.S. Attorney […]

By Becca Schimmel

Feb 27

Energy & Environment

Federal Prosecutor Adds Charges In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

Becca Schimmel

Feb 21

Energy & Environment

New ARC Grants Combine Economic Recovery And Addiction Recovery

The Appalachian Regional Commission announced Thursday another $22.8 million in funding to 33 projects aimed at revitalizing economies in places affected by the decline in the coal industry. The awards are the latest in the ARC’s POWER Initiative, an acronym for Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization. Congress has funded the initiative for […]

By Jeff Young and Becca Schimmel

Feb 21

Energy & Environment

New ARC Grants Combine Economic Recovery And Addiction Recovery

Jeff Young and Becca Schimmel

Feb 20

Energy & Environment

West Virginia Coal Miners Rally For Black Lung Legislation

Miners and advocates rallied Wednesday at the West Virginia Capitol in support of a series of bills aimed at preventing and treating severe black lung disease. Five bills introduced by lawmakers would make it easier to make qualify for state benefits and provide benefits to miners who have early-stage black lung. The bills come at […]

By Brittany Patterson

Feb 20

Energy & Environment

West Virginia Coal Miners Rally For Black Lung Legislation

Brittany Patterson

Feb 14

Energy & Environment

EPA To Limit PFAS Chemical Contaminants Found In Some Ohio Valley Water Systems

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will move forward with a series of actions to regulate toxic fluorinated chemicals, including proposing drinking water limits by the end of this year. But environment and public health advocates say that timeline is unacceptably slow given the health risks and extent of contamination. In its long-awaited […]

By Brittany Patterson

Feb 14

Energy & Environment

EPA To Limit PFAS Chemical Contaminants Found In Some Ohio Valley Water Systems

Brittany Patterson

Feb 12

Energy & Environment

Coal Community Leaders Urge Congress To Include Them In Climate Action

Economic development leaders from the Ohio Valley’s coal communities used a Congressional hearing on climate change Tuesday to say that their communities must be central to conversations about climate solutions. Testifying at a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on climate change and energy transitions, Peter Hille, president of the Berea, Kentucky-based Mountain Association for Community […]

By Brittany Patterson

Feb 12

Energy & Environment

Coal Community Leaders Urge Congress To Include Them In Climate Action

Brittany Patterson

Feb 1

Energy & Environment

Coal Comeback? Coal At New Low After Two Years Under Trump

It’s been two years since President Donald Trump took office and began rolling back environmental regulations on the coal industry. At a November rally in Huntington, West Virginia, the president took credit for a coal comeback in front of a cheering crowd. “We’ve ended the war on beautiful, clean coal and we’re putting our coal […]

By Brittany Patterson

Feb 1

Energy & Environment

Coal Comeback? Coal At New Low After Two Years Under Trump

Brittany Patterson

Jan 28

Energy & Environment

Black Lung Clinics Call For Action But Top Regulator Plans No New Measures

In the wake of an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation into the surge in cases of black lung disease, a coalition of black lung clinics is calling for action to better protect coal miners from dust exposure. NPR reports that more than 2,300 miners in central Appalachia are sick with the most serious form of […]

By Jeff Young

Jan 28

Energy & Environment

Black Lung Clinics Call For Action But Top Regulator Plans No New Measures

Jeff Young