Tag: Environment

Climate Activism Could Be Swaying Public Opinion In The US

Climate activists walked out of classrooms and workplaces in more than 150 countries on Friday, Sept. 20 to demand stronger action on climate change. Mass mobilizations like this have become increasingly common in recent years. I’m a scholar of environmental communication who examines how people become engaged with solving dilemmas […]

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Settlement Reached Over Proposed Ohio Cracker Plant Air Permit

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Environmental groups have reached a settlement agreement with a petrochemical company in Ohio to beef up air pollution controls at a proposed petrochemical plant along the Ohio River. Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical America and South Korea-based Daelim Industrial Co. have proposed building a […]

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Timeline for Briefs Set in Blackjewel ‘Hot Goods’ Case, Miner Pay Remains Murky

The federal judge presiding over coal operator Blackjewel LLC’s bankruptcy has set a timeline in the “hot goods” dispute over millions of dollars worth of coal sitting in railcars in Kentucky and Virginia. Frank Volk, chief U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, gave the Labor Department, […]

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