Mar 19 Energy & Environment Coronavirus And Slumping Prices Hit Ohio Valley’s Oil & Gas Sector Energy producers, utilities and energy sector workers across the Ohio Valley are adjusting operations and bracing for continued economic impacts as the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold. Efforts to limit the spread of the virus include shuttering schools and businesses and limiting travel, all of which reduce demand for energy. The federal government is […] By Brittany Patterson Mar 19 Energy & Environment Coronavirus And Slumping Prices Hit Ohio Valley’s Oil & Gas Sector Brittany Patterson
Mar 6 Energy & Environment Glidepath To Recovery: Flying Squirrels And Spruce Forests Share Common Fate U.S. Forest Service district biologist Shane Jones stands on an overlook high up on West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain. Behind him lush, red spruce trees stand like sentinels on this frozen landscape. As he looks out, small patches of green dot what is largely a view of the barren, brown trunks of leafless hardwoods. More than […] By Brittany Patterson Mar 6 Energy & Environment Glidepath To Recovery: Flying Squirrels And Spruce Forests Share Common Fate Brittany Patterson
Mar 1 Energy & Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction “You seen that one with the tombstone up there?” seven-year-old Timothy Easterling asks, looking toward the grass just uphill from his home. “That’s my papaw.” Timothy’s grandfather Chet Blankenship died in 2016, at age 69. Blankenship lived on land he and his family have long owned at the end of a road atop Bradshaw Mountain […] By Benny Becker Mar 1 Energy & Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction Benny Becker
Feb 21 Energy & Environment Black Lung Benefits Drop For Kentucky Coal Miners After Controversial Law Change Lynn Estel Stanley was the kind of coal mine foreman who wanted to know if there was a safety problem, and would always be the one to go fix it himself. He was also the kind of miner who refused to slow down, even when his men told him he was overexerting himself. But when […] By Sydney Boles Feb 21 Energy & Environment Black Lung Benefits Drop For Kentucky Coal Miners After Controversial Law Change Sydney Boles
Feb 14 Energy & Environment Just Transition: Amid Climate Debate And Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers Its Future On a recent soggy Wednesday evening, dozens of West Virginians packed a conference room inside the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center to discuss the need for a “just transition” for coal-impacted communities. As the nation grapples with climate change, the need for a fair transition for workers and communities that depend upon coal jobs and […] By Brittany Patterson Feb 14 Energy & Environment Just Transition: Amid Climate Debate And Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers Its Future Brittany Patterson
Feb 7 Energy & Environment States of Emergencies Declared Amid Eastern Kentucky Floods Heavy rains caused extensive flooding across eastern Kentucky this week, and city and county officials say it could take weeks to fix some of the damage. Some residents were evacuated from their homes, and officials across the region declared states of emergency, including mayors in Whitesburg and Jenkins, and county judges in Letcher, Harlan and […] By Sydney Boles Feb 7 Energy & Environment States of Emergencies Declared Amid Eastern Kentucky Floods Sydney Boles
Jan 27 Energy & Environment New Protections Proposed For Imperiled Crayfish Species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is proposing new protections for two threatened species of crayfish found in the Appalachian coalfields. Under the new proposed rule, set to be published Tuesday in the Federal Register, the agency will designate 445 miles of streams in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia as “critical habitat” for the Guyandotte […] By Brittany Patterson Jan 27 Energy & Environment New Protections Proposed For Imperiled Crayfish Species Brittany Patterson
Jan 27 Energy & Environment Caught Off Guard: The American Southeast Struggles With Climate Change Reporters from Southeastern newsrooms hold leaders in their communities accountable for reducing carbon emissions and preparing for climate change-related emergencies. Like hundreds of other cities, Louisville, Kentucky, is searching for a path to address climate change. Mayor Greg Fischer has declared a climate emergency, proposed a climate action plan and set a goal of reducing […] By James Bruggers, InsideClimate News Jan 27 Energy & Environment Caught Off Guard: The American Southeast Struggles With Climate Change James Bruggers, InsideClimate News
Jan 27 Energy & Environment After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created A Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning. The rain came hard and fast early on the morning of June 23, 2016. By 2 p.m., water was knee deep in Bill Bell’s appliance store on Main Street in Rainelle, a small town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Bell began elevating the washing machines and dishwashers, thinking that would be […] By Brittany Patterson Jan 27 Energy & Environment After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created A Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning. Brittany Patterson