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How to ‘Make Some Good’ Out of East Palestine, Ohio, Rail Disaster? Ban Vinyl Chloride, Former EPA Official Says

The Feb. 3 derailment, spill and conflagration has focused attention on the key ingredient in PVC, a long fought-over plastic with a variety of health and safety concerns throughout its lifecycle.

By James Bruggers

Officials continue to conduct operation and inspect the area after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: NTSB/Handout via Xinhua/Getty Images

Rural Communities Like East Palestine, Ohio, Are at Outsized Risk of Train Derailments and the Ensuing Fallout

By Aydali Campa

Trucks line up on a residential street one block from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The residual waste was transported from Ohio to Texas. Credit: Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images

EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar

By Dylan Baddour

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders, officials and reports said Saturday. Credit: Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images

Derailed Train in Ohio Carried Chemical Used to Make PVC, ‘the Worst’ of the Plastics

By James Bruggers

Mark Schein stands at the edge of a field last week, a few miles from his farm in Pickaway County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino

In the End, Solar Power Opponents Prevail in Williamsport, Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Sharon and Michael Wildermuth eat lunch at their house near Lima, Ohio, on Nov. 17, 2022. Michael is the founder and leader of an organization supporting a solar power project in the community. Credit: Dan Gearino

One Man’s Determined Fight for Solar Power in Rural Ohio

By Dan Gearino

A sign, placed by the EPA, warns people not to play on the lawn at the West Calumet Housing Complex on April 19, 2017 in East Chicago, Indiana. Nearly all the residents of the complex were ordered to move by the East Chicago Housing Authority after the soil and many homes were found to contain high levels of lead. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin Lag on Environmental Justice Issues

By Grace van Deelen

Left: J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally on May 1, 2022 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Right: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, attends a rally on May 2, 2022 in Lorain, Ohio. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ohio Senate Contest Features Two Candidates Who Profess Love for Natural Gas

By Dan Gearino

Opponents of solar power crowd into the boardroom of the Pickaway County Board of Commissioners in Circleville, Ohio on Aug. 23. They were there to watch a reporter interview the commissioners about solar power. Chris Weaver is seated on the lower left. Credit: Dan Gearino

The Choice for Rural Officials: Oppose Solar Power or Face Revolt

By Dan Gearino

Doug Steck at his family’s farm near Williamsport, Ohio. His family has agreed a lease to allow development of some of the property for solar power. Credit: Dan Gearino

Outnumbered: In Rural Ohio, Two Supporters of Solar Power Step Into a Roomful of Opposition

By Dan Gearino

Signs opposing the solar project are plentiful all around Williamsport Ohio. July 12, 2022.

The Energy Transition Runs Into a Ditch in Rural Ohio

By Dan Gearino

The Ohio Statehouse is seen on Jan. 16, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Climate Activists and Environmental Justice Advocates Join the Gerrymandering Fight in Ohio and North Carolina

By Marianne Lavelle

Inside Clean Energy: Ohio Shows Hostility to Clean Energy. Again

By Dan Gearino

Signage outside Lordstown Motors Corp. headquarters in Lordstown, Ohio, on May 15, 2021. Credit: Dustin Franz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Ohio’s EV Truck Savior Is Running Out of Juice

By Dan Gearino

Threaded drilling pipes are stacked at a hydraulic fracturing site owned by EQT Corp. located atop the Marcellus shale rock formation in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says

By James Bruggers

Solar photovoltaic power plant farm installation on Long Island, New York. Ohio now ranks 28th in the country in installed solar capacity, but ranks 14th in projected new capacity coming online in the next five years. Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Solar Boom Arrives in Ohio

By Dan Gearino

A boat passes one of the wind turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm on Oct. 14, 2016 off the shore of Rhode Island. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

An Offshore Wind Farm on Lake Erie Moves Closer to Reality, but Will It Ever Be Built?

By Nicole Pollack

Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Illinois Faces (Another) Nuclear Power Standoff

By Dan Gearino

Scum floats on the surface of Western Lake Erie on Sept. 20, 2017. Credit: NOAA

Lake Erie’s Toxic Green Slime is Getting Worse With Climate Change

By Nicole Pollack

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