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Climate change increases flooding risk for some 230,000 Ohio Valley homes

Climate change increases flooding risk for some 230,000 Ohio Valley homes

Nearly 20% of homes in West Virginia, 5% in Kentucky and 2.3% in Ohio are at risk of seeing structural damage due to flooding. Combined, this puts more than 230,000 residential properties eligible for federal flood insurance at risk in the Ohio Valley.
Clean water wanted: Contaminated wells and the legacy of fossil fuel extraction
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Clean water wanted: Contaminated wells and the legacy of fossil fuel extraction

Their well is poisoned and a family patriarch is dead. The Easterling family wants clean water and answers to questions about local coal and gas extraction.
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