Sep 23 Energy & Environment What is the Clean Power Plan? By Alexandra Kanik Sep 23 Energy & Environment What is the Clean Power Plan? Alexandra Kanik
Sep 2 Energy & Environment Mountains Of Evidence: Questions About Coal’s Most Controversial Practice May Finally Be Answered The prestigious National Academy of Sciences recently announced a comprehensive study on the health effects of the controversial coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal. For coalfield residents who have long questioned what impact the dust, blasting, chemicals and water contamination was having, the announcement comes as welcome news, if somewhat overdue. A decade […] By Benny Becker Sep 2 Energy & Environment Mountains Of Evidence: Questions About Coal’s Most Controversial Practice May Finally Be Answered Benny Becker
Aug 26 Energy & Environment Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal Coal-producing states are preparing for arguments next month in the federal appeals court case known as West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The case has major implications for the country’s policy on climate change. But some experts and industry leaders say the […] By Glynis Board Aug 26 Energy & Environment Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal Glynis Board
Jul 27 Energy & Environment The Pipeline Boom The explosion in natural gas supplies in the Ohio Valley region is creating demand for more pipelines to carry the gas. The Department of Energy predicts Pennsylvania and Ohio will nearly double their natural gas production in the next 15 years. That isn’t the only boom that has people in the region concerned. Gas line ruptures, leaks, […] By Jeff Young Jul 27 Energy & Environment The Pipeline Boom Jeff Young
Jul 22 Energy & Environment The Flood Next Time: Warming Raises The Risk Of Disaster People in West Virginia are still recovering from floods that tore through communities like vengeful gods. When you look at the pictures and videos of the June flood – thick, brown, furious, unrelenting – it’s not hard to imagine how our ancestors believed supernatural beings were behind the devastation. Today, of course, we have better […] By Glynis Board Jul 22 Energy & Environment The Flood Next Time: Warming Raises The Risk Of Disaster Glynis Board
Jul 8 Energy & Environment Shafted: Dark Future Possible For Miners Who Kept Our Lights On Miners in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia who helped keep the country’s lights on are worried that their retirement benefits could go dark as a result of a wave of bankruptcies in the coal industry. They hope Congress will approve a bill called the Miner’s Protection Act to shore up the pensions and health benefits […] By Becca Schimmel Jul 8 Energy & Environment Shafted: Dark Future Possible For Miners Who Kept Our Lights On Becca Schimmel
Jun 17 Energy & Environment Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes And Schools The energy that lights up, turns on, cools and heats our lives leaves a trail of waste. Natural gas is no exception. The waste from the gas drilling known as “fracking” is often radioactive. The gas industry produces thousands of tons of this “hot” waste and companies and state regulators throughout the Ohio River valley […] By Glynis Board Jun 17 Energy & Environment Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes And Schools Glynis Board
Jun 17 Energy & Environment Hot Mess: States Struggle to Deal With Radioactive Fracking Waste This piece was produced in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organization. The Marcellus Shale has transformed the Appalachian Basin into an energy juggernaut. Even amid a recent drilling slowdown, regional daily production averages enough natural gas to power more than 200,000 U.S. homes for a year. But the rise […] By Jie Jenny Zou Jun 17 Energy & Environment Hot Mess: States Struggle to Deal With Radioactive Fracking Waste Jie Jenny Zou
Jun 15 Energy & Environment Hot Mess: Mapping the Route of Radioactive Waste Because hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” concentrates radioactive materials naturally found deep in the earth, these wastes can present special hazards to public health and the environment. By Alexandra Kanik Jun 15 Energy & Environment Hot Mess: Mapping the Route of Radioactive Waste Alexandra Kanik