Q&A: Federal pipeline regulator fines Energy Transfer $40M, blamed “corporate culture” for large spill into Ohio wetland

Reid FrazierApril 1, 2022

Four years after a massive spill of drilling mud polluted a wetland, FERC issued a $40 million fine. But is it too little, too late?

EnergyPollutionWater

Ohio regulators renew wastewater permit for proposed ethane cracker in Ohio

Julie GrantApril 1, 2022

The company proposing a second ethane cracker for the region hasn't made a final decision to move forward.

EnergyThe Coming Chemical Boom

Environmental groups sue to invalidate permits for ethane storage project

Julie GrantOctober 29, 2021

The groups say the Ohio Department of Natural Resources did not do a detailed enough analysis on the project's impacts to drinking water.

EnergyThe Coming Chemical Boom

Appalachian Communities Talk Gas, Plastics, and Inequity with Federal Energy Officials 

Julie GrantAugust 25, 2021

The Department of Energy collected perspectives from Ohio Valley communities impacted by the ethane and petrochemical industries to include in a report to Congress.

EnergyEnvironmental JusticeThe Coming Chemical Boom

Why Frack Wastewater Injected Underground Doesn’t Always Stay There

Julie GrantMarch 19, 2021

One geologist says the landscape is like "Swiss cheese" from a century of oil and gas drilling. All those wells could allow fracking wastewater to travel back to the surface.

EnergyPollution

Gas Industry Hasn’t Delivered on Its Economic Promise to Communities, Report Says

Jon HurdleFebruary 16, 2021

The industry rejects the report, calling natural gas extraction a 'game-changer for local economies.'

EconomyEnergyYour Environment Update

More Ohioans Want Some Say in Siting Drilling Waste Injection Wells

Julie GrantFebruary 12, 2021

Residents near injection wells in Ohio fear pollution, noise and earthquakes. Local leaders want some say in where these wells are located.

EnergyWho's Listening

In the Ohio River Valley, the Petrochemical Boom Is on Hold

Reid FrazierDecember 31, 2020

Has the pandemic and other economic woes made the plastics boom a bust? Some in the community are hopeful it will still come to the region.

CoronavirusEconomyEnergyThe Coming Chemical Boom

‘Anti-Protest’ Bill Passes Ohio House

Julie GrantDecember 18, 2020

The bill calls for stiffer penalties for trespassing and tampering of infrastructure like pipelines. Enviro groups say the bill could stifle legitimate protests.

EnergyYour Environment Update

When a Gas Plant Moves Next Door

Julie GrantDecember 11, 2020

Next to the site of one of the largest gas power plants of its kind in the country, neighbors say they have lost much.

EnergyEnvironmental JusticeYour Environment Update