As the Mariner East pipelines become a permanent underpinning of Pennsylvania, secrecy and a patchwork of emergency plans have left many communities in the dark about what to do in case of an accident. Winding through green forested hills, the road to Meadowbrook Mobile Home Park in York County is […]
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Ohio Valley Coal Mine Executive Bob Murray Dead at 80
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Robert E. Murray, the founder and former president and CEO of Murray Energy Corp., formerly the largest privately held underground coal company in the country, has died. He was 80 years old. Murray’s death was reported Sunday evening by television stations […]
Read MoreW.Va.’s New River Gorge Rock Climbers Grapple With Racist Route Names
Standing at the base of “The Hole,” a gargantuan rock formation in West Virginia’s New River Gorge, you can hear water coming down the mountainside, rushing to the river below. Looking up, you’d see the rock shooting hundreds of feet overhead, curving as it goes, to form an imposing-looking overhang. […]
Read MoreThe Poisonous Legacy of Ohio’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
The plant, erected during the cold war, enriched uranium and made residents of Pike County, Ohio, sick. Now, they’re left cleaning up its mess. Vina Colley, a slight woman with a bob of thick blond hair, climbs into her white Ford Explorer. Her thirteen-year-old Maltese, Hercules, jumps onto her lap, wedging comfortably […]
Read MoreOhio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change
This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. When newly elected President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” The goal of […]
Read MoreIn the Ohio River Valley, the Petrochemical Boom Is on Hold
At a marina in Moundsville, West Virginia, Dan Williamson looked out across the Ohio River at a quiet stretch of land on the other side. “There’s a little activity going on,” said Williamson, a spokesman for PTT — an oil and gas company based in Thailand that wants to build […]
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