Jun 28 Economy My Cold Kentucky Home: Coal Country Turning To Solar As Heating And Housing Costs Climb Joe Oliver and Tony Brown peered into the dark crawl space beneath a Letcher County, Kentucky, home. Already, they could see problems. The crawl space had been blocked off with just a thin sheet of plywood; the posts supporting the house rested on uneven blobs of poured concrete; the whole place reeked of mold. A […] By Sydney Boles Jun 28 Economy My Cold Kentucky Home: Coal Country Turning To Solar As Heating And Housing Costs Climb Sydney Boles
Mar 13 Economy Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley Automaker Toyota is planning to announce a major investment in solar and other renewable energy in Appalachia and the Southeastern U.S. The plan includes a massive new solar facility on an old surface coal mine property in Kentucky. Sources close to the deal tell the Ohio Valley Resource that the Kentucky site is part of […] By Sydney Boles Mar 13 Economy Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley Sydney Boles
Nov 16 Energy & Environment Shading Out Solar: State Policies In Ohio Valley Dim Future Of Energy Jobs When Jennie and Brian Kahly decided to move to a 150-acre family farm in West Virginia’s Preston County, they thought a lot about what type of farmers they wanted to be. “We went ahead and made a list of values, and one of those values was to minimize our fossil fuel use,” Jennie said. “That […] By Brittany Patterson Nov 16 Energy & Environment Shading Out Solar: State Policies In Ohio Valley Dim Future Of Energy Jobs Brittany Patterson
May 18 Energy & Environment Shine A Light: Regional Effort To Aid Puerto Rico Caught In Trump’s Solar Tariffs Far from the ocean and Puerto Rico’s famous beaches, narrow roads wind into mountains not unlike the country roads of our home, West Virginia. After hours of driving we reach a rural community in the island’s center called Tetuan Tres. Like so many places in rural Appalachia, you don’t come here accidentally. We’ve come to […] By Glynis Board and Rebecca Kiger May 18 Energy & Environment Shine A Light: Regional Effort To Aid Puerto Rico Caught In Trump’s Solar Tariffs Glynis Board and Rebecca Kiger
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