Last Updated: January 25, 2025 by main_y0ke11

Suggested Readings for January

MOVCA Selected Media Postings November & December 2024 (plus a few missed in the last listing)

Compiled by Cindy Taylor

NOTE from Cindy: When scrolling through this selected media listing, you will find some media postings openly available without any costs, while other sites may have a paywall or request contributions (or registration). MOVCA appreciates the coverage provided by independent journalists, coalition groups and all media sources that publicize climate and environmental concerns, sustainable solutions, legislative actions, and opportunities for community members to learn and make a difference. Public libraries and educational institutions have many of these sources available to everyone.

Available online in The Parkersburg News and Sentinel:

December 14, 2023 Staff report

“West Virginia Rivers Coalition lawsuit accuses Chemours of polluting waterway”

https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/business/2024/12/west-virginia-rivers-coalition-lawsuit-accuses-chemours-of-polluting-ohio-river/

Available on WTAP:

December 5, 2024 Feature by Chase Campbell

“Japanese business delegation visits Polymer Alliance Zone, SOMAR”

https://www.wtap.com/2024/12/05/japanese-business-delegation-visits-polymer-alliance-zone-somar/

November 25, 2024 Feature by Logan Riggenbach Text and Video

“Pickering Energy Solutions receive grants for solar panel projects”

https://www.wtap.com/2024/11/26/pickering-energy-solutions-receive-grants-solar-panel-projects/

November 18, 2024 Feature by Chase Campbell Text and Video

“Ohio Natural Energy Institute receives ARC funding for orphan well workforce development initiative”

https://www.wtap.com/2024/11/18/ohio-natural-energy-institute-receives-arc-funding-orphan-well-workforce-development-initiative/

Available on MOVCA Youth Climate Ambassadors Program:

November 2024 News post: “We’ve Been Busy! Youth Climate Ambassadors and Air Quality Monitors”

https://www.movyouthca.com/news

Available on the Charleston Gazette-Mail:

November 21, 2024 Op-ed by Eric Engle

“Eric Engle: Time for climate action is short”

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/eric-engle-time-for-climate-action-is-short-opinion/article_2068d78a-a83f-11ef-82ba-975216ddd3fe.html

See articles by Mike Tony, Environment and Energy Reporter:

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/

Here are a few examples:

December 17, 2024 Article by Mike Tony, Environment and Energy Reporter

“EPA proposes granting WV authority over wells critical to carbon capture projects”

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/epa-proposes-granting-wv-authority-over-wells-critical-to-carbon-capture-projects/article_807f3b5c-ac16-11ef-88b8-af3fcd2be7e4.html

December 12, 2024 Article by Mike Tony, Environment and Energy Reporter

“ ‘We should know what we’re breathing’: Community air monitoring expanding in WV”

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/we-should-know-what-were-breathing-community-air-monitoring-expanding-in-wv/article_052dc19c-ad80-11ef-ae61-039fae8586f7.html

November 14, 2024 Article by Mike Tony

“ ‘Don’t let ARCH2 in the door!’: Hydrogen hub opposition persists after open house”

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/dont-let-arch2-in-the-door-hydrogen-hub-opposition-persists-after-open-house/article_40e02c18-a1d5-11ef-ae70-17c0843a7304.html

Available on Cleveland.com:

December 6, 2024 Guest Column by Randi Pokladnik

“Appalachian hydrogen hug is a dirty-energy boondoggle that should be canceled: Randi Pokladnik”

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2024/12/appalachian-hydrogen-hub-is-a-dirty-energy-boondoggle-that-should-be-canceled-randi-pokladnik.html

https://main.movclimateaction.org/2024/12/07/appalachian-hydrogen-hub-is-a-dirty-energy-boondoggle-that-should-be-canceled/

Available on Herald-Star:

December 14, 2024 Local Column (poem) by Randi Pokladnik

“Guest column/Our very own ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’

https://www.heraldstaronline.com/opinion/local-columns/2024/12/guest-column-our-very-own-nightmare-before-christmas/

Available on Mountain State Spotlight:

January 3, 2025 Environment Article by Sarah Elbeshbishi

“Residents near the proposed Appalachian hydrogen hub can voice their concerns about the project”

https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/01/03/doe-arch2-public-comment/

December 19, 2024 Environment Article by Sarah Elbeshbishi

“A new limit on toxic air emissions proposed by Biden’s EPA faces Trump’s anti-regulation agenda”

https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2024/12/19/epa-polyether-polyols-limit/

November 25, 2024 Environment Article by Sarah Elbeshbishi

“Developers drop out of Appalachian hydrogen hub over strict carbon emission caps”

https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2024/11/25/arch2-hydrogen-hub-developers-drop-out/

Available on Save Ohio Parks: https://saveohioparks.org

December 20, 2024 Statement by Cathy Cowen Becker, co-leader of Save Ohio Parks

“Save Ohio Parks Statement on Passage of HB 308: A Lump of Coal to Ohio Elected”

https://saveohioparks.org/2024/12/20/save-ohio-parks-statement-on-passage-of-hb-308-a-lump-of-coal-to-ohio-electeds/

December 19, 2024 Press Release by Melinda Zemper

“Save Ohio Parks Demands Gov. Mike DeWine Veto Law Expanding Fracking Leases and Declaring Nuclear Energy ‘Green’”

https://saveohioparks.org/2024/12/19/save-ohio-parks-demands-gov-mike-dewine-veto-law-expanding-frack-leases-and-declaring-nuclear-energy-green/

November 3, 2024 Save Ohio Parks Blog Press release

“Guernsey County Commission Votes to Deny Spreading of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste”

https://saveohioparks.org/2024/11/03/guernsey-county-commission-votes-to-deny-spreading-of-toxic-oil-and-gas-waste/

Available on West Virginia Rivers Coalition:

December 2024 WV Rivers News: Updates from WV Rivers Coalition

https://wvrivers.org/2024/12/wv-rivers-news-december-2024/

December 11, 2024 News Release – contact Maggie Stange

“New Report Highlights Impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline on Streams and Wetlands in West Virginia”

https://wvrivers.org/2024/12/mvp-impact-report/

December 5, 2024 News Release – contact Maggie Stange

“WV Rivers Coalition Inc, Taking Chemours to Court”

https://wvrivers.org/2024/12/wv-rivers-coalition-taking-chemours-to-court/

November 2024 News article “Conductivity and ionic pollution: what it is and why it matters”

https://wvrivers.org/2024/11/conductivity-and-ionic-pollution/

posted October 30, 2024 Action Alert: “November 2024 Public Meetings on Energy & Water Protections”

https://wvrivers.org/2024/10/november-public-meetings/

Available on West Virginians for Energy Freedom:

December 30, 2024 Article

“Pepper Reviewing Appalachian Power Rate Increase Request”

https://www.energyfreedomwv.org/news/2024/12/30/pepper-reviewing-appalachian-power-rate-increase-request

Available on Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI):

January 6, 2025 Article by Joe Cullen

“BIL/IRA Implementation Digest – January 6, 2025”

https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/bil-ira-implementation-digest-january-6-2025/

January 2, 2025 Article by Sean O’Leary

“Load Growth Fever, LNG, and the Risk of Higher Electric Rates”

https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/load-growth-fever-lng-and-the-risk-of-higher-electric-rates/

December 20, 2024 “2024 in Review” by ORVI staff

https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/2024-in-review/

December 9, 2024 Article by Joe Cullen

“BIL/IRA Implementation Digest – December 9, 2024”

https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/bil-ira-implementation-digest-december-9-2024/

November 11, 2024 Article by Joe Cullen

“BIL/IRA Implementation Digest – November 11, 2024”

https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/bil-ira-implementation-digest-november-11-2024/

November 8, 2024 Research Article by Ted Boettner

“Filling the Hole: A Federal Solution to Cleaning Up America’s Orphaned and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells”

https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/filling-the-hole-a-federal-solution-to-cleaning-up-americas-orphaned-and-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells/

Available on ReImagine Appalachia:

See all events (to register) and access recordings and resources: https://reimagineappalachia.org/events/

January 14 & 15, 2025 11AM -2PM Both Days “ReImagine Appalachia Virtual Strategy Summit”

https://reimagineappalachia.org/reimagine-appalachias-2025-strategy-summit/

Thursday, December 12, 2024 12-1PM Webinar “Appalachian Flood Policy Platform” Recording available

Public Webinar by Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, ReImagine Appalachia & National Wildlife Federation

https://reimagineappalachia.org/appalachian-flood-policy-platform-webinar/

December 23, 2024 Blog Post by Liam Gerrity, Digital Media and Communications Specialist, Reimagine Appalachia

“2024: A Year in Review at ReImagine Appalachia”

https://reimagineappalachia.org/2024-a-year-in-review-at-reimagine-appalachia/

December 16, 2024 Blog Post by Kate Rudek, Research Associate ReImagine Appalachia

“Going Bio: Building a Bioplastics Industry in Appalachia”

https://reimagineappalachia.org/going-bio-building-a-bioplastics-industry-in-appalachia/

December 9, 2024 Blog Post “Direct Pay- How Local Governments & Nonprofits Can Get a Tax Return for Their Clean Energy Project (even Though They Don’t Pay Taxes)”
https://reimagineappalachia.org/direct-pay-how-to-get-a-tax-return-for-clean-energy-projects/

Available on West Virginia Citizen Action Group:

Posted November 27, 2024 Invitation “Join Us to Celebrate 50 Years of Citizen Action – January 11”

Because of weather, event will be rescheduled; See https://wvcag.org/50th-postponed/

Available on Conservation West Virginia:

See WV Conservation’s list of details and evaluation on current bills before legislature regarding: Clean Air, Pure Water, Climate, Land & Wildlife and Development: https://www.conservewv.org/issues/

Appalachian Voices https://appvoices.org

December 26, 2024 Article by Chelsea Barnes

“How the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans will harm Appalachian communities: Part 2”

https://appvoices.org/2024/12/26/part-2-impoundment-law-and-doge/

December 18, 2024 Article by Chelsea Barnes

“How the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans will harm Appalachian communities: Part 1”

https://appvoices.org/2024/12/18/department-of-government-efficiency-part-1/

Available on FaCT (Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future: https://factsustain.org

See Distinguished Speakers: https://factsustain.org/Distinguished/

December 2024 Distinguished Speakers Event “Big Oil’s Dirty Secret: Toxic Radioactive Brine Waste”

Meet FaCT’s 3 Brine Education Interns from Marietta College, Kent State U. and Kenyon College.

From main website https://factsustain.org/ a Zoom Recording link is provided.

Available on Halt the Harm Network:

November 21, 2024 by Elissa Yoder

“Celebrating 10 Years of the Community Sentinel Awards” & “Meet the 2024 Community Sentinel Awardees”

https://halttheharm.net/celebrating-10-years-of-the-community-sentinel-awards/

Available on E&ENEWS by Politico:

November 25, 2024 ENERGYWIRE Article by Carlos Anchondo

“EPA plan would give West Virginia authority over CO2 wells”

https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-plan-would-give-west-virginia-authority-over-co2-wells/

Available on Environmental Health News EHN:

December 13, 2024 Article by Katherine McMahon and Sarah Howard

“Takeout food, bottled water linked to higher microplastic exposure”

https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-takeout-food-exposure-2670450952.html

November 22, 2024 Article by Katherine McMahon and Sarah Howard

“ ‘We have enough evidence’ to act on toxic plastic exposure now”

https://www.ehn.org/chemicals-in-plastic-healthcare-2669974107.html

November 12, 2024 Article Kristina Marusic and Cami Ferrell

“Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules’

https://www.ehn.org/hydrogen-hubs-test-new-federal-environmental-justice-rules-2669585004.html

SEE ALSO THESE EVENTS, RESOURCES, RESEARCH AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Available on US Department of Energy: Office of NEPA and Compliance –

“DOE/EIS-0569: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub”

https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0569-appalachian-hydrogen-hub

See Resources available on Fractracker Alliance: see https://www.fractracker.org/about-us/

Available on U.S. Department of Agriculture:

December 5, 2024 Feature by Leah Roffman, Climate Fellow, Office of Chief Economist

“USDA Launches Interactive Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Data Viewer”

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2024/12/05/usda-launches-interactive-agriculture-and-forestry-greenhouse-gas-data-viewer

Available on United Nations:

November 24, 2024 News Announcement

“COP29 UN Climate Conference Agrees to Triple Finance to Developing Countries, Protecting Lives and Livelihoods”

https://unfccc.int/news/cop29-un-climate-conference-agrees-to-triple-finance-to-developing-countries-protecting-lives-and

See also “UN Climate Change Conference Baku – COP29” (November 11- 24, 2024)

https://unfccc.int

See also – Available on United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs- Sustainable Development:

“The 17 GOALS” video and Text

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Available on Inside Climate News:

November 13, 2024 Article by Nicholas Kusnetz

“Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies”

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13112024/oil-industry-asks-trump-to-repeal-major-climate-policies/

Available on The Guardian:

January 7, 2024 Article by Tom Perkins

“Environmental groups sue FDA over refusal to tackle risky plastic packaging”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/07/fda-phthalates-plastic-lawsuit

December 11, 2024 Article by Tom Perkins

“EPA bans widely used chemicals linked too cancer before Trump takes office” Move to ban TCE and perc, commonly used in everyday products, will make it harder for Trump to undo rules.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/11/epa-bans-chemicals-linked-to-cancer

December 11, 2024 Article by Tom Perkins

“Cotton-and-quid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/10/microplastics-pollution-sponge-cotton-squid-bone

November 29, 2024 Seascape: the state of our oceans. Article by Emma Bryce in Busan

“We need to talk about plastic: five everyday items choking the planet”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/29/we-need-to-talk-about-plastic-five-everyday-items-choking-the-planet

November 14, 2024 Article by Oliver Milman

“Trump promise to repeal Biden climate policies could cost US billions, report finds”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/14/trump-clean-energy-climate-policies

See also the report available on Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab:

November 6, 2024 Report by Bentley Allan and Tim Sahay

“Trump’s proposed clean energy retreat: US costs and global rewards” Analysis shows disincentivizing US solar and battery manufacture could cost billions and open new supply chain markets for competitors.

https://www.netzeropolicylab.com/trump-retreat

November 12, 2024 Article by Dharna Noor

“”Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/big-oil-fossil-fuel-warning

Available on Environmental Working Group:

December 17, 2024 Article by Monica Amarelo

“EPA must limit discharges of ‘forever chemicals’ to protect public health”

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/12/epa-must-limit-discharges-forever-chemicals-protect-public-health

November 26, 2024 Article by JR Culpepper (EWG)

“Top 5 ways to reduce your microplastic exposure”

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/11/top-5-ways-reduce-your-microplastic-exposure

November 26, 2024 Article by Ketura Persellin (EWG)