May 14 Infrastructure With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again In December, Kathy Fletcher, a lifelong Martin County, Kentucky, resident and mother, found her water was shut off. When it came back on, something was wrong with it. Fletcher remembers that after she showered, her skin and nails felt completely dried out. The water smelled acrid, like chemicals. For years, Fletcher has been frustrated by […] By Katie Myers May 14 Infrastructure With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again Katie Myers
Mar 1 Energy & Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction “You seen that one with the tombstone up there?” seven-year-old Timothy Easterling asks, looking toward the grass just uphill from his home. “That’s my papaw.” Timothy’s grandfather Chet Blankenship died in 2016, at age 69. Blankenship lived on land he and his family have long owned at the end of a road atop Bradshaw Mountain […] By Benny Becker Mar 1 Energy & Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction Benny Becker
Dec 6 Energy & Environment What The Petrochemical Buildout Along The Ohio River Means For Regional Communities And Beyond The R.E. Burger coal-fired power plant’s final day ended, appropriately enough, in a cloud of black smoke and dust. From 1944 to 2011, the plant generated power, fumes and ash in the Ohio River Valley. It was one of dozens of coal and steel plants dotting the banks of the river, which for years has […] By Sharon Kelly Dec 6 Energy & Environment What The Petrochemical Buildout Along The Ohio River Means For Regional Communities And Beyond Sharon Kelly
Dec 4 Energy & Environment Tracing Water, Memory and Change Through Black Experiences Along and Near Route 65 I live right above the Ohio River, off of a thoroughfare called the Ohio River Boulevard. It is one section of Route 65 – a 51-mile stretch of highway that travels from downtown Pittsburgh, northwest to the city of New Castle. The route spans three counties, three major rivers and several neighborhoods, boroughs, towns and […] By Njaimeh Njie Dec 4 Energy & Environment Tracing Water, Memory and Change Through Black Experiences Along and Near Route 65 Njaimeh Njie
Nov 14 Energy & Environment Paddling 300 miles to protect the waters of Ohi:yo’, the ‘good river’ For degawëno:da’s, paddling the length of the Allegheny River over the course of four months this year was to be a “witness to the raw element of the natural world.” The roughly 300-mile trip began on May 18 at the river’s headwaters near Coudersport, Pa., and ended on Sept. 21 by the Point State Park […] By Ryan Loew Nov 14 Energy & Environment Paddling 300 miles to protect the waters of Ohi:yo’, the ‘good river’ Ryan Loew
Nov 4 Energy & Environment EPA Proposes Changes To Federal Coal Ash, Wastewater Rules Federal environmental regulators released proposed changes to two rules related to the disposal of coal ash and wastewater from coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its third round of changes to its 2015 rule regulating coal ash. Coal ash is one of the largest waste streams in the country and […] By Brittany Patterson Nov 4 Energy & Environment EPA Proposes Changes To Federal Coal Ash, Wastewater Rules Brittany Patterson
Sep 30 Health Water is Unaffordable for Nearly Half of Martin Countians, Report Finds A new report finds nearly half the residents of Martin County, Kentucky, cannot afford water service. Local activists with the Martin County Concerned Citizens are ringing alarm bells about water affordability as the beleaguered county faces another likely water rate increase in the coming months. Since the ReSource first reported on its water crisis two […] By Sydney Boles Sep 30 Health Water is Unaffordable for Nearly Half of Martin Countians, Report Finds Sydney Boles
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
Oct 21 Health Where PFC Chemicals Are Found In Water, And What It Means Contamination of water with perflourinated chemicals (PFC’s) persists in many communities amid increasing concerns about the potential risk to public health, even at very low levels. This map shows the counties in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia with water systems that detected some level of PFC compounds in drinking water, and how that detected […] By Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik Oct 21 Health Where PFC Chemicals Are Found In Water, And What It Means Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik
Oct 21 Energy & Environment Toxic Legacy: “Teflon” Chemical Sticks Around In Water Supplies For more than half a century along the Ohio River, the chemical company DuPont provided jobs for thousands of people. One chemical they produced is PFOA, commonly known as C8. It was a remarkably useful compound, used in “Teflon” non-stick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics, and even in some food wrappers. Over time, researchers have found that […] By Glynis Board Oct 21 Energy & Environment Toxic Legacy: “Teflon” Chemical Sticks Around In Water Supplies Glynis Board