Energy & Environment Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Nov 22

Energy & Environment

‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga On Big Screen As Ohio Valley Contamination Comes To Light

The new film “Dark Waters” depicts the real-life story of the 20-year battle waged by attorney Rob Bilott against chemical giant DuPont. We meet Bilott, played by Mark Ruffalo, as a young corporate defense lawyer living in Cincinnati. His grandmother, who lives in Parkersburg, West Virginia, gives his phone number to local farmer, Earl Tennant. […]

By Brittany Patterson

Nov 22

Energy & Environment

‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga On Big Screen As Ohio Valley Contamination Comes To Light

By Brittany Patterson

Nov 19

Energy & Environment

Black Lung Trust Fund Likely Burdened by Murray Bankruptcy

The recent bankruptcy of Murray Energy is likely to significantly increase the debt of a struggling federal trust fund that supports disabled miners’ health care expenses. According to court filings, Murray Energy could be responsible for as much as $155 million under the Black Lung Act and general workers’ compensation, but testimony from the Government Accountability […]

By Sydney Boles

Nov 19

Energy & Environment

Black Lung Trust Fund Likely Burdened by Murray Bankruptcy

Sydney Boles

Nov 18

Energy & Environment

Ohio Valley Residents Among Millions In America Lacking Access To Clean Water, Sanitation

Communities across the Ohio Valley are among an estimated 2 million Americans that do not have consistent access to clean drinking water and basic indoor plumbing, according to a report published Monday by two nonprofits, DigDeep and the US Water Alliance. The report titled, “Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States,” synthesized data […]

By Brittany Patterson

Nov 18

Energy & Environment

Ohio Valley Residents Among Millions In America Lacking Access To Clean Water, Sanitation

Brittany Patterson

Nov 8

Energy & Environment

Portal 31: How A Closed Mine Opened New Prospects For One Coal Town

Devin Mefford is sitting in the squat metal buggy of a modified mantrip, the train-like shuttle coal miners use to travel underground. Mefford is dressed for work, in a hardhat and a navy shirt and pants with lime green reflective stripes. It’s a uniform his father and grandfather — both Kentucky coal miners — would […]

By Brittany Patterson

Nov 8

Energy & Environment

Portal 31: How A Closed Mine Opened New Prospects For One Coal Town

Brittany Patterson

Nov 4

Energy & Environment

EPA Proposes Changes To Federal Coal Ash, Wastewater Rules

Federal environmental regulators released proposed changes to two rules related to the disposal of coal ash and wastewater from coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its third round of changes to its 2015 rule regulating coal ash. Coal ash is one of the largest waste streams in the country and […]

By Brittany Patterson

Nov 4

Energy & Environment

EPA Proposes Changes To Federal Coal Ash, Wastewater Rules

Brittany Patterson

Nov 1

Energy & Environment

Murray Energy’s Bankruptcy Could Bring Collapse Of Coal Miners’ Pensions

The recent bankruptcy of Ohio Valley coal giant Murray Energy has renewed fears about the already shaky financial foundations of the pension plan that tens of thousands of miners and their families depend upon. The seismic collapse of yet another coal employer has lawmakers from the region renewing their push to fix the United Mine […]

By Becca Schimmel

Nov 1

Energy & Environment

Murray Energy’s Bankruptcy Could Bring Collapse Of Coal Miners’ Pensions

Becca Schimmel

Nov 1

Energy & Environment

Text Good River: Our reporters want to hear your Ohio River stories and concerns

Text “OHIO” to 859-208-2408 to share with our seven-newsroom collaborative. Ohio Valley ReSource is teaming up with six other news organizations to cover what might be the most under-appreciated water asset in the country: the Ohio River. The Ohio River provides drinking water for five million people, and it’s a thoroughfare of business, supporting jobs […]

By Alexandra Kanik

Nov 1

Energy & Environment

Text Good River: Our reporters want to hear your Ohio River stories and concerns

Alexandra Kanik

Oct 29

Energy & Environment

Ohio-Based Coal Giant Murray Energy Declares Bankruptcy

Murray Energy Corp., the largest underground coal mining company in America with a substantial footprint across the Ohio Valley, has filed for bankruptcy protection. “Although a bankruptcy filing is not an easy decision, it became necessary to access liquidity and best position Murray Energy and its affiliates for the future of our employees and customers […]

By Brittany Patterson

Oct 29

Energy & Environment

Ohio-Based Coal Giant Murray Energy Declares Bankruptcy

Brittany Patterson

Oct 28

Energy & Environment

Disastrous Disconnect: Coal, Climate And Catastrophe In Kentucky

This story is part of a series about the insufficient protections for vulnerable people as natural disasters worsen in a warming climate. The Center for Public Integrity and four partners – the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, High Country News, Ohio Valley ReSource and StateImpact Oklahoma – are contributing stories. REGINA, Ky. — Todd Bentley stepped onto his […]

By Rachel Leven and Zach Goldstein

Oct 28

Energy & Environment

Disastrous Disconnect: Coal, Climate And Catastrophe In Kentucky

Rachel Leven and Zach Goldstein

Oct 23

Energy & Environment

Advocacy Group Finds Trace Contamination In Many Regional Water Systems

Tap water delivered by more than 2,000 water systems across the Ohio Valley contain pollutants, many harmful to human health, even though they mostly meet federal drinking water standards. That’s according to a newly-updated database released by the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization. Millions of residents in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are being […]

By Brittany Patterson

Oct 23

Energy & Environment

Advocacy Group Finds Trace Contamination In Many Regional Water Systems

Brittany Patterson