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Fighting for a Foothold in American Law, the Rights of Nature Movement Finds New Possibilities in a Change of Venue: the Arts

The celebrated artist Andrea Bowers grew up in Ohio on Lake Erie. Her exhibit at MoCa makes a case that the lake and its tributaries possess the legal rights to “Exist, Flourish and Evolve.”

By Katie Surma

A Plant Proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, Would Have Turned Tons of Tires Into Synthetic Gas. Local Officials Said Not So Fast

By James Bruggers

EPA Begins a Review Process That Could Bring an End to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride

By Kiley Bense

We Went to the First EV Charging Station Funded by the Federal Infrastructure Law

By Dan Gearino

From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.

By Kiley Bense

Swimmers in Lake Erie.

Cleveland Resilience Projects Could Boost Communities’ Access to Water and Green Spaces

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

What Happened to the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Boom?

By Nicole Pollack

Misti Allison

A Train Derailment Spilled Toxic Chemicals in her Ohio Town. Then She Ran for Mayor

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Downtown Cleveland

Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is supporting the Decarbonization Network of Appalachia, one of two groups in the Western Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia region that have been asked by the federal government to submit final applications for so-called hydrogen hubs. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images.

A Drop in Emissions, and a Jobs Bonanza? Critics Question Benefits of a Proposed Hydrogen Hub for the Appalachian Region

By Jon Hurdle

Youngstown City Council Unanimously Votes Against an ‘Untested and Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant

By James Bruggers

Fracking protestors

Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water

By Dani Kington, Athens County Independent

A view of downtown of Cleveland on January 30, 2023.

Cleveland Regional Planning Agency Building Community Input Into Climate Change Plan

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

A natural gas compressor station on a hillside in Penn Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.

Appalachian Economy Sees Few Gains From Natural Gas Development, Report Says

By Jon Hurdle

A house near the Gavin Power Plant on September 11, 2019 in Cheshire, Ohio. In 2002, the company that owns the Gavin Power Plant, American Electric Power, reached a settlement with the town's residents for $20 million so they would move and not hold the power plant liable for any health issues.

New Report Card Shows Where Ohio Needs to Catch up in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Kathiann M. Kowalski

Carol Snyder of Northwood, Ohio holds up a jar with water collected from Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park August 4, 2014 in Oregon, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio area residents were once again able to drink tap water after a two-day ban due to algae-related toxins.

Funding Poised to Dry Up for Water Projects in Ohio and Other States if Proposed Budget Cuts Become Law

Kathiann M. Kowalski

An Ohio College Town Wants to Lead on Fighting Climate Change. It Also Has a 1940s-Era, Diesel-Burning Power Plant

By Dan Gearino

Power lines in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Entrance to the Johnson Run mining operation. Credit: Dani Kington

An Ohio Strip Mine’s Mineral Rights Are Under Unusual New Ownership

By Dani Kington and Keri Johnson, Athens County Independent

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