May 31 Economy Powering Down: Ohio Community Reckons With Coal Plant Closure Brick buildings line the wide sidewalks of Main Street in downtown Coshocton, Ohio. On a recent spring day the dogwood trees are blooming. Bright red and white tulips dot the grassy public square, home to the local courthouse and a gazebo. There are barber shops, an optometrist, a florist, a railroad-themed steakhouse is open for […] By Brittany Patterson May 31 Economy Powering Down: Ohio Community Reckons With Coal Plant Closure Brittany Patterson
Apr 17 Energy & Environment FirstEnergy Emergency Request Could Be A Last Chance To Help Coal Power Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy Solutions made waves last month when it asked the Department of Energy to grant it an emergency order to help keep coal and nuclear plants operating across the Ohio Valley. The request even hit the president’s radar. Speaking earlier this month at a roundtable event in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Donald […] By Brittany Patterson Apr 17 Energy & Environment FirstEnergy Emergency Request Could Be A Last Chance To Help Coal Power Brittany Patterson
Mar 9 Energy & Environment Changing Course: Coal Country Students Working For A Power Switch Arlie Boggs Elementary sits between Kentucky’s two tallest mountains in a remote area that once had a booming coal economy. Ten years ago there were over a thousand coal miners employed here in Letcher county. Today, there are just 28. “We were left with many unemployed miners,” eighth-grader Nicholas Sturgill said as he and two […] By Benny Becker Mar 9 Energy & Environment Changing Course: Coal Country Students Working For A Power Switch Benny Becker
Dec 22 Economy Burned By Coal: Coalfield Communities Facing Electricity Price Hikes One evening this past November, angry customers and public officials filled a high school auditorium in Hazard, Kentucky, and took turns pleading with three members of the state’s public service commission. Angie Hatton, a state legislator representing Letcher and Pike counties, presented the situation in historical terms. “This community that for two centuries has been […] By Benny Becker Dec 22 Economy Burned By Coal: Coalfield Communities Facing Electricity Price Hikes Benny Becker