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This is where we live. Do you know someone with cancer, or maybe its a heart attack or a stroke. It could be just a chronic but life threatening condition like asthma. Or, as recently studies have indicated, air pollution … Continue reading →

October 28, 2016 – Editorial in the Lexington Herald Leader Give Gov. Matt Bevin’s environmental secretary credit. When asked about the prospects for Eastern Kentucky’s coal industry, he was honest — unlike all the misleading political ads and mailings that … Continue reading →

October 9, 2016 – by the Editorial Board of the Evansville Courier Press. Editor’s Note: Valley Watch has tried many times over the years to get the Evansville Courier & Press to look at the facts regarding the behemoth power … Continue reading →

September 28, 2016 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Six years ago today, a hearing was held in Louisville to take testimony from the public on whether to regulate coal ash. Today, the rule is being implemented and should go … Continue reading →

September 13, 2016 – Video from Right Wing Watch

September 5, 2016 – by Damian Carrington in TheGuardian Toxic nanoparticles from air pollution have been discovered in human brains in “abundant” quantities, a newly published study reveals. The detection of the particles, in brain tissue from 37 people, raises … Continue reading →

September 2, 2016 – by Jonathan Crawford in Bloomberg.com Cost hikes from carbon cuts will be less than 3 percent Plan aims to cut emissions 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels The operator of the largest U.S. power market said … Continue reading →

August 25, 2016 – Fact Sheet from USEPA Indiana’s climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed about one degree (F) in the last century. Floods are becoming more frequent, and ice cover on the Great Lakes is forming … Continue reading →

July 19, 2016 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor I sent the following letter to the editors of the Evansville Courier Press and the Henderson Gleaner to commemorate the sad tenth anniversary of Henderson HS football player, Ryan Owens.  “Ryan … Continue reading →

July 5, 2016, by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Several months ago, Valley Watch, Inc.’s board passed a resolution asking our regional congressional delegation to oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership. Since the TPP is now up for further debate in Congress, we … Continue reading →

June 27, 2016 – by Scott DiSavino, Reuters Coal used to generate U.S. power fell in April to its lowest monthly level since 1978, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a report. Coal-fired power plants generated just 72.2 million … Continue reading →

April 4, 2016 – Video by Andrew Manske on YouTube https://youtu.be/CbILj_CYqno Two adorable newborn polar bear cubs play with their mother while they journey to the frozen sea. One cute cub climbs and hangs off mother’s back. Features cubs play-fighting … Continue reading →