Brittany Patterson, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

Study Finds Coal Closures Saved Thousands Of Lives

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. A new study finds the closure of coal-fired power plants and transition to natural gas generation across...

Access to Clean Water3 weeks ago

Ohio Valley Residents Among Millions In America Lacking Access To Clean Water, Sanitation

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Communities across the Ohio Valley are among an estimated 2 million Americans that do not have consistent...

Access to Clean Water1 month ago

W.Va. Democratic Lawmakers Announce Plans To Tackle PFAS Chemicals

A group of Democratic West Virginia lawmakers announced plans Monday to introduce legislation to regulate a group of toxic, man-made fluorinated chemicals. Del. Evan Hansen, who...

A history lesson1 month ago

Two Decades Of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock At 20

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Coal River Mountain Watch’s history of resistance to mountaintop coal mining is plastered across the wood-paneled walls...

Q&A2 months ago

Q&A: Regional Journalism Collaboration Takes Deep Dive Into The Ohio River Watershed

The Ohio River is an important ecological and economic force in the region. It provides drinking water for 5 million people, but it’s also one of...

Access to Clean Water2 months ago

‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga On Big Screen As Ohio Valley Contamination Comes To Light

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. The new film “Dark Waters” depicts the real-life story of the 20-year battle waged by attorney Rob...

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Brittany Patterson

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Study Finds Coal Closures Saved Thousands Of Lives

Ohio Valley Residents Among Millions In America Lacking Access To Clean Water, Sanitation

W.Va. Democratic Lawmakers Announce Plans To Tackle PFAS Chemicals

Two Decades Of Resistance: Coal River Mountain Watch Takes Stock At 20

Q&A: Regional Journalism Collaboration Takes Deep Dive Into The Ohio River Watershed

‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga On Big Screen As Ohio Valley Contamination Comes To Light

Commentary: What the White Debate Stage Says About Racial Equity

As Vaping Rates Escalate in Appalachia, Is Banning These Products the Answer?

Grocers In Rural Coal Country Struggle To Stay In Business

Could Appalachian Communities Survive On Their Own?

PA’s Dairy Industry Is Changing. These Family Farmers Are Innovating to Keep Up.

We Mapped out the Toxic Wastewater Discharges along the Ohio River. Here’s What We Learned.

W.Va. Hunters Return To Historical Roots

‘Stereotypes Get in the Way’ of Rural Nutrition Program

Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed

Coach Kellie: A Tiny West Virginia High School is Making Football History

Tell Us How You Feel: Sign Up for Survey on Digital Media

‘Tip Of the Spear’: As Customers Beg For Clean Water, Is a Crisis Looming In Appalachia?

Ken Burns’s ‘Country Music’ Does Little to Tell the Story of the Non-White, Non-Straight World of Country

The miner and the matriarch: Coal mining women of West Virginia

The Pendulum Effect: The science that took us from Obama to Trump

The Protesting Kentucky Coal Miners Who Stood Up and Stopped a Train