Dec 13 Energy & Environment Two Decades Of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock At 20 Coal River Mountain Watch’s history of resistance to mountaintop coal mining is plastered across the wood-paneled walls of the group’s modest office in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Framed photos, many of demonstrators being handcuffed, dot the walls. In the back of the building, a floor-to-ceiling length tapestry depicts the “true cost of coal” as envisioned […] By Brittany Patterson Dec 13 Energy & Environment Two Decades Of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock At 20 Brittany Patterson
Mar 22 Impact Brittany Patterson Joins ReSource To Cover Energy & Environment The Ohio Valley ReSource is pleased to welcome a new member to the reporting team. Brittany Patterson is now the ReSource reporter covering energy and environment, a crucial beat for the region. She’s based at partner station West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Morgantown studios. Patterson comes to the ReSource from Washington, D.C., where she spent three […] By Jeff Young Mar 22 Impact Brittany Patterson Joins ReSource To Cover Energy & Environment Jeff Young
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
Aug 19 Agriculture Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming On 120 acres in Marion, Kentucky, small-scale farmer Joseph Mast is taking an innovative approach to provide for his growing family of nine. Mast belongs to an Amish community and is reluctant when it comes to media. He makes a concession, however, when the conversation involves sustainable farming. “I’ll talk grass any day,” said Mast. […] By Nicole Erwin Aug 19 Agriculture Grazing In The Grass: An Old-Fashioned Idea Holds New Promise For Sustainable Farming Nicole Erwin
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
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