Apr 11 Energy & Environment How Asian Politics Could Affect U.S. Coal With Australia coping with the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie and China turning back imports of coal from North Korea this week as apparent punishment for missile tests, U.S. coal exporters are hoping for a boost. But analysts aren’t predicting a coal comeback. After banning imports of North Korean coal in late February, China started turning […] By Glynis Board Apr 11 Energy & Environment How Asian Politics Could Affect U.S. Coal Glynis Board
Apr 4 Energy & Environment Black Lung Update: Federal Researchers Seek Allies In Appalachia Federal health researchers are visiting health clinics and medical schools in the Appalachian coalfields to recruit allies to fight a resurgence of black lung disease. The worst form of the disease may affect as many as 5 percent of experienced working miners in the region, and the researchers fear that rate could be even higher […] By Benny Becker Apr 4 Energy & Environment Black Lung Update: Federal Researchers Seek Allies In Appalachia Benny Becker
Mar 31 Energy & Environment Revenue Stream: How An Environmental Law Creates Jobs In Coal Country When President Donald Trump visited Kentucky for a recent rally he returned to a common theme from his campaign: environmental regulations are job-killers. “I have already eliminated a devastating anti-coal regulation,” he said, referring to a measure he recently signed overturning a Department of Interior stream protection rule. “And that is just the beginning,” the […] By Glynis Board Mar 31 Energy & Environment Revenue Stream: How An Environmental Law Creates Jobs In Coal Country Glynis Board
Mar 31 Energy & Environment On Restoration: A Scientist’s Concerns While the Clean Water Act has paved the way for the ecological restoration industry, there’s a lot of debate about mitigation and the science behind restoration practices. The Ohio Valley ReSource asked watershed ecologist Matthew Baker, a researcher and professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, about this industry, and the science and laws […] By Glynis Board Mar 31 Energy & Environment On Restoration: A Scientist’s Concerns Glynis Board
Mar 28 Energy & Environment Trump Undermines Obama’s Clean Power Plan Coal country’s economic woes took center stage at the Environmental Protection Agency as President Donald Trump signed an executive order to undo parts of President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy. The president was flanked by coal workers and industry figures and defenders, such as West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Ohio-based coal operator Bob Murray, […] By Glynis Board Mar 28 Energy & Environment Trump Undermines Obama’s Clean Power Plan Glynis Board
Mar 15 Energy & Environment KY, WV Move to Weaken Mine Safety Rules Lawmakers in both Kentucky and West Virginia are working to loosen mine safety regulations, alarming some mine safety experts. Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that reduces the number of underground mine inspections. Similar legislation is pending in West Virginia’s Senate but with more substantial changes. Under that bill, the state’s mining inspection system would move […] By Glynis Board Mar 15 Energy & Environment KY, WV Move to Weaken Mine Safety Rules Glynis Board
Mar 7 Energy & Environment National Academy Mining Health Study Underway A committee with National Academy of Sciences has started work on a study of the health effects of surface mining in central Appalachia. The eleven-member panel gathered in Washington, D.C., to hear about earlier research on how mining affects nearby residents. Bill Orem of the U.S. Geological Survey was among those who addressed the […] By Benny Becker Mar 7 Energy & Environment National Academy Mining Health Study Underway Benny Becker
Feb 13 Energy & Environment DuPont Offers $670M Settlement For “Teflon” Chemical Contamination Of Water The chemical giant DuPont made an offer Monday to pay more than half-a-billion dollars to settle water contamination lawsuits pending in federal court. 3,550 plaintiffs from the mid-Ohio Valley filed suit claiming contaminated drinking water led to diseases linked to chemical exposure. The chemical they were exposed to is known as C-8, or PFOA, and […] By Glynis Board Feb 13 Energy & Environment DuPont Offers $670M Settlement For “Teflon” Chemical Contamination Of Water Glynis Board
Feb 1 Energy & Environment Uncertainty Over EPA Grants That Sent $3.6B to Ohio Valley One of the Trump Administration’s first moves once in office was to freeze all grants issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That move raised a lot of questions and a further directive limiting public statements from the EPA added to the confusion. The freeze has since been lifted but the move brought attention to […] By Glynis Board Feb 1 Energy & Environment Uncertainty Over EPA Grants That Sent $3.6B to Ohio Valley Glynis Board