Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action

New Poll Shows Americans View Water That’s Safe to Drink and Reliably Supplied as Top Issues - Inside Climate News The US Water Alliance’s Value of Water Campaign found the majority of respondents support additional investments to improve water infrastructure, even if it means higher bills.

New poll says Americans rate clean, reliable water supply as top issue, beating out inflation, healthcare reform and others. @insideclimatenews.org reports: bit.ly/4i1xxok

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Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: The right path forward An AP newswire piece in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel last weekend contained a section that jumped out at me. The piece read, in part, “…a Chinese upstart, DeepSeek, said it developed a large lang...

This weekend’s climate corner column by yours truly.

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A tipline to protect the planet Polluting industries have captured the federal government. We’re opening a secure tipline for employees to report the impacts.

🚨IMPORTANT🚨

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Abandoned Wells Could Wreak Havoc for Carbon Storage in West Virginia – Ohio River Valley Institute The Ohio River Valley Institute is a think tank focused on lasting job growth, clean energy, and more inclusive civic structures for northern Appalachia.

A crucial read from Ohio River Valley Institute!

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Why Don't Lefty Media Emphasize Capitalism's Greatest Crime—the Climate Crisis? | Common Dreams The cause and effect linking industry to extinction ought to be the greatest horror story ever told. Our hands should be sweating as we shakily turn the pages.

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Eric Engle: Getting West Virginia out of the sacrifice zone (Opinion) The U.S. Department of Energy completed a report recently, required by federal law, on Liquified Natural Gas exports.

My latest in the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

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‘Unfettered’ Gas Exports Would Harm U.S. Economy, Energy Secretary Warns Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable.”

Day late and a dollar short but at least they’re admitting it now. At least there are grounds to sue.

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‘I have to live in a cocoon’: locals in Pennsylvania feel ‘sacrificed’ for Shell plastics plant Residents accuse the oil firm of overstating the benefits of its Pennsylvania ethane plant – and playing down the harms

This was the only part of the Appalachian Storage Hub nonsense actually built in the Ohio River Valley and it’s been a nightmare.

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How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized ‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say

You might not take climate change seriously, but your homeowner’s insurance company does.

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Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollution

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action is a signatory to this incredibly important petition.

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'We should know what we're breathing': Community air monitoring expanding in WV Community air monitoring efforts are ramping up throughout West Virginia as air quality advocates brace for expected environmental rollbacks at the federal and state levels in the coming months. The e...

“King reported a partnership with regional environmental nonprofit Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action she said would yield 15 more monitors in the Parkersburg area and a similar effort to put up 15 monitors in the Huntington area.”

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It’s perfect that our first post on #BlueSky would be our End of Year Report for 2024 summarizing the highlights of our incredible work this year! We hope you’ll follow us and join and/or support our continued work! #Climate #ClimateAction #ClimateSky