Aug 21 Energy & Environment Trump Administration Halts Mining Health Study The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has asked the National Academy of Sciences to suspend research into the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining. A team from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was established last year for a two-year study. The committee has been conducting hearings and investigating accumulating science […] By Glynis Board Aug 21 Energy & Environment Trump Administration Halts Mining Health Study Glynis Board
Aug 16 Energy & Environment Coal Hard Cash: WV Governor Wants Federal Money For Eastern Coal The country’s newest Republican governor is, like President Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman, a political outsider, and a fan of the coal industry. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a former coal company owner, was elected as a Democrat but switched parties with a surprise announcement at a Trump rally in West Virginia. Both Trump and […] By Glynis Board Aug 16 Energy & Environment Coal Hard Cash: WV Governor Wants Federal Money For Eastern Coal Glynis Board
Aug 11 Energy & Environment Little River, Big Ideas: Farming Group Wades Into Clean Water Issues In the rich land of Christian County, wheat is milled for McDonald’s biscuits, corn is turned into ethanol, and grazing cows support the state’s leading dairy. This is Kentucky’s breadbasket, and a river runs through it: the South Fork of Little River. Second-generation farmer David Brame grows a little bit of everything here, including corn […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 11 Energy & Environment Little River, Big Ideas: Farming Group Wades Into Clean Water Issues Nicole Erwin
Aug 9 Energy & Environment In The Pipeline: New Commission Members To Take Up Energy Projects Big-ticket gas pipelines and other energy projects pending in the Ohio Valley have largely been in limbo because the federal body that issues important permits had too many empty seats. Those projects in the pipeline of the federal process could soon move forward with the confirmation of two Republicans nominated by President Donald Trump to […] By Glynis Board Aug 9 Energy & Environment In The Pipeline: New Commission Members To Take Up Energy Projects Glynis Board
Jul 27 Energy & Environment Considering Compassion: The Science Behind The Ohio Valley’s “Compassionate Cities” Many towns and cities across the Ohio Valley try to improve their business environment with tax breaks, site development, and other incentives. But how about investing in compassion? A growing body of science points to compassion as an economic driver and more businesses and cities around the region are willing to give compassion a chance. […] By Glynis Board Jul 27 Energy & Environment Considering Compassion: The Science Behind The Ohio Valley’s “Compassionate Cities” Glynis Board
Jul 26 Energy & Environment Report Reveals Contaminants In “Legal” Water An environmental group’s new report shows a broad range of contaminants occur in many drinking water systems in the Ohio Valley, even though the water meets federal requirements. The research highlights the gap between what regulations require and what many scientists and health advocates recommend for safe drinking water. The Environmental Working Group compiled the […] By Nicole Erwin Jul 26 Energy & Environment Report Reveals Contaminants In “Legal” Water Nicole Erwin
Jul 14 Energy & Environment Paradise Cost: Coal, Natural Gas, And The True Price Of Power Thanks to singer-songwriter John Prine, Paradise Fossil Plant might be the only coal-fired power plant that has a household name. “Paradise,” Prine’s 1971 ballad, drew on boyhood memories from the small town of Paradise, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, to relay the environmental and social costs of our dependence on coal. “Mr. Peabody’s coal train,” he […] By Glynis Board Jul 14 Energy & Environment Paradise Cost: Coal, Natural Gas, And The True Price Of Power Glynis Board
Jul 14 Energy & Environment MAP: Power Switch Updated: August 24, 2018 By Alexandra Kanik Jul 14 Energy & Environment MAP: Power Switch Alexandra Kanik
Jul 6 Energy & Environment Perry’s Coal Economics Leaves Economists Puzzled Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured a modern and relatively clean coal-fired power plant in West Virginia in order to tout the benefits of coal in a competitive energy market. But the secretary’s comments generated some controversy. The coal industry has been feeling the heat from natural gas as electric utilities switch to that cleaner, cheaper […] By Glynis Board Jul 6 Energy & Environment Perry’s Coal Economics Leaves Economists Puzzled Glynis Board