Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.
The school district has a higher percentage of special education students than the state average. Could it be because of the manganese in the town's air?
East Liverpool school district has a higher percentage of special education students than the state average. Could it be because of the manganese in the town's air?
Pipeline projects are crisscrossing our region so that natural gas can get to market. One rural community in coal country is struggling to keep up with all the construction while trying to protect its natural resources.
When highways and other old infrastructure are no longer needed, cities around the country are finding innovative new uses. Akron, Ohio is temporarily turning its underused Innerbelt into a "pop-up forest."
Some water quality advocates say getting industrial polluters to pay for farm runoff prevention projects is an innovative way to control water pollution. But critics argue it's just another pay-to-pollute scheme.
Though the toxic chemical found in Teflon is no longer made in the U.S., residents in the Ohio River Headwaters region are still dealing with dangerous levels of C8 in their drinking water.
