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
From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S. By Kiley Bense
Cleveland Resilience Projects Could Boost Communities’ Access to Water and Green Spaces By Kathiann M. Kowalski
A Train Derailment Spilled Toxic Chemicals in her Ohio Town. Then She Ran for Mayor By Jessica Kutz, The 19th
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
Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water By Dani Kington, Athens County Independent
Cleveland Regional Planning Agency Building Community Input Into Climate Change Plan By Kathiann M. Kowalski
New Report Card Shows Where Ohio Needs to Catch up in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Kathiann M. Kowalski
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
Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says By Kathiann M. Kowalski
An Ohio Strip Mine’s Mineral Rights Are Under Unusual New Ownership By Dani Kington and Keri Johnson, Athens County Independent