Jul 24 Energy & Environment Power Failure: A Massive Bribery Scheme Could Change Ohio Valley Energy Systems One of the country’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, with a large presence in the Ohio Valley, has emerged at the center of a $60 million bribery and racketeering scheme related to Ohio’s controversial energy bill that bailed out several struggling nuclear and coal plants On Tuesday, federal investigators arrested one of Ohio’s top lawmakers, House […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 24 Energy & Environment Power Failure: A Massive Bribery Scheme Could Change Ohio Valley Energy Systems Brittany Patterson
Jul 24 Energy & Environment No Pay, We Stay: A Look Back at the 2019 Protest that Rocked Appalachia It’s a quiet, foggy morning on Highway 119 in Cumberland, Kentucky. A railroad track runs along the highway, and here, Sand Hill Bottom Road crosses the tracks and turns to the right, leaving a rough triangle of gravel spattered with trash. You can hear crickets chirping, birds twittering, cars passing on 119. A billboard advertises […] By Sydney Boles Jul 24 Energy & Environment No Pay, We Stay: A Look Back at the 2019 Protest that Rocked Appalachia Sydney Boles
Jul 23 Energy & Environment Coal Company Rhino Resource Partners Files For Bankruptcy Kentucky-based coal company Rhino Resource Partners LP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, joining a growing list of Ohio Valley coal producers seeking financial restructuring as the U.S. coal industry continues to struggle. According to court documents, the company and its subsidiaries currently employ about 550 workers at underground and surface mines located in […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 23 Energy & Environment Coal Company Rhino Resource Partners Files For Bankruptcy Brittany Patterson
Jul 21 Energy & Environment Plan To ‘Reimagine Appalachia’ Touts Jobs, Justice and Sustainability For The Ohio Valley A coalition of progressive policy and environmental groups has released a “blueprint” that provides a framework for how Ohio Valley communities could reap the benefits of federal action to address climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan, titled “Reimagine Appalachia” envisions a future economy for the traditionally extraction-based economies of Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 21 Energy & Environment Plan To ‘Reimagine Appalachia’ Touts Jobs, Justice and Sustainability For The Ohio Valley Brittany Patterson
Jul 15 Energy & Environment Ohio Valley Coal Groups React To Biden’s Clean Energy, Climate Plan Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan is drawing praise from organizations that work with coal communities on economic transition, but mixed reactions from union officials and industry groups. The plan, released Tuesday, would boost investment in clean energy and rebuild infrastructure in order to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.The […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 15 Energy & Environment Ohio Valley Coal Groups React To Biden’s Clean Energy, Climate Plan Brittany Patterson
Jul 14 Energy & Environment Investor Pulls Out Of Proposed Belmont County Cracker Plant Daelim Chemical USA, a major investment partner in a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, Ohio, announced on Tuesday that it is exiting the project. In a joint statement with PTTGC America LLC, the Thailand-based company driving the project in the Ohio Valley, an executive said that despite Daelim’s withdrawal, the project remains a […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 14 Energy & Environment Investor Pulls Out Of Proposed Belmont County Cracker Plant Brittany Patterson
Jul 7 Energy & Environment Ohio Valley Coal Companies Get Tens Of Millions In Paycheck Protection Loans More than 50 Ohio Valley coal companies received loans totaling as much as $119 million through the Paycheck Protection Program meant to keep people employed during the pandemic’s economic downturn. Congress passed the PPP in March to help businesses keep employees on the payroll and out of unemployment lines. The data released by the Small […] By Sydney Boles Jul 7 Energy & Environment Ohio Valley Coal Companies Get Tens Of Millions In Paycheck Protection Loans Sydney Boles
Jul 1 Energy & Environment Competing Reports Offer Different Outlook On Ohio Valley’s Petrochemical Future A new report by the Trump administration suggests the Ohio Valley’s growing petrochemical industry could be an unprecedented source of economic opportunity and growth when the county, and region, eventually emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. But the assessment is drawing criticism from environmental groups and some financial analysts that warn the risk is growing for […] By Brittany Patterson Jul 1 Energy & Environment Competing Reports Offer Different Outlook On Ohio Valley’s Petrochemical Future Brittany Patterson
Jun 29 Energy & Environment Advocacy Groups Unveil Plan for a 21st Century Coal-County Economy Environmental and economic advocacy groups from coal-producing parts of the country unveiled a policy agenda on Monday to help coal-reliant communities make a transition to a more sustainable future. The plan includes items that have long been on the wish list for groups like Appalachian Voices and the Just Transition Fund, both of which were […] By Sydney Boles Jun 29 Energy & Environment Advocacy Groups Unveil Plan for a 21st Century Coal-County Economy Sydney Boles