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
Rural Communities Like East Palestine, Ohio, Are at Outsized Risk of Train Derailments and the Ensuing Fallout By Aydali Campa
Derailed Train in Ohio Carried Chemical Used to Make PVC, ‘the Worst’ of the Plastics By James Bruggers
Outnumbered: In Rural Ohio, Two Supporters of Solar Power Step Into a Roomful of Opposition By Dan Gearino
Climate Activists and Environmental Justice Advocates Join the Gerrymandering Fight in Ohio and North Carolina By Marianne Lavelle
A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says By James Bruggers
An Offshore Wind Farm on Lake Erie Moves Closer to Reality, but Will It Ever Be Built? By Nicole Pollack