The state’s coastal restoration plan is funded mostly by oil spill settlements—not royalties from offshore drilling.
Category: Energy
Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Coal, Economies, Energy, Public Health, West Virginia
Steel-making coal upturn brings new mine, old problems to WV community
Some Raleigh County residents don’t want to kill coal — they just want regulators to force the mine next door to stop making them miserable.
Posted inClimate, Economies, Energy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health
The oil and gas industry is using Louisiana’s climate task force to push carbon capture
The state’s unwavering support of the oil, gas, and chemical industries has made it difficult to reduce emissions, fund coastal restoration, or address extreme weather.
Posted inEnergy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water
Offshore oil and gas worker fatalities are underreported by federal safety agency
Nearly half of known Gulf of Mexico worker fatalities didn’t fit the agency’s reporting criteria.
Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Economies, Energy, Public Health
A decade after signing over gas rights, W.Va. Hare Krishna community reflects on its relationship to land
The religious community needed the money from signing gas leases, but it’s a decision that still divides people today.
Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Public Health
Biden vows to support struggling Appalachian counties. But residents are weary of failed promises.
Coal communities in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia are struggling to support basic civic services as coal disappears. Federal funding to boost local economies and jobs is closer than ever before.
Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Energy, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Texas, Utilities
Nobody warned Texans about the public health risks of the winter storm
Without advance warning about the true scale of power outages and the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning, local officials say they were caught off guard, leaving residents to fend for themselves.