/tags/good-river Good River en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:53:26 GMT /news/2020-02-28/how-orsancos-role-as-steadfast-defender-of-the-ohio-river-has-changed I live in Mount Washington, on the east side of Cincinnati, roughly the midpoint of the 981-mile Ohio River. Below us, near the mouth of the Little Miami… Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:53:26 GMT /news/2020-02-28/how-orsancos-role-as-steadfast-defender-of-the-ohio-river-has-changed Cedric Rose /news/2020-02-19/could-the-ohio-river-have-legal-rights-inside-a-growing-environmental-movement Can you imagine if the Ohio River and its tributaries had legal rights? While speculative, the idea isn’t necessarily far-fetched. This month marks the… Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:30:00 GMT /news/2020-02-19/could-the-ohio-river-have-legal-rights-inside-a-growing-environmental-movement Erin West /news/2020-02-07/whose-job-is-it-to-reduce-toxic-mercury-in-the-ohio-river Mercury, which damages young brains, is flowing through industrial wastewater into the Ohio River. But the multi-state agency tasked with keeping the… Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:12:13 GMT /news/2020-02-07/whose-job-is-it-to-reduce-toxic-mercury-in-the-ohio-river Jeff Brooks-Gillies /news/2020-02-06/unbuilding-what-could-happen-if-dams-are-removed-in-the-ohio-river-watershed The Ohio River watershed is dotted with thousands of small dams. Many are remnants of bygone days of grain mills and the steel industry, which used dams… Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:11:39 GMT /news/2020-02-06/unbuilding-what-could-happen-if-dams-are-removed-in-the-ohio-river-watershed Julie Grant /news/2020-01-31/mussels-are-disappearing-from-the-ohio-watershed-experts-want-to-know-why “Will one of these fit?” Wendell R. Haag asks, holding out a couple pairs of well-worn creeking shoes he’s pulled from the back of his pickup, both… Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT /news/2020-01-31/mussels-are-disappearing-from-the-ohio-watershed-experts-want-to-know-why Carrie Blackmore Smith /news/2020-01-10/an-ohio-river-community-bands-together-to-slow-runoff-and-add-greenspace The city of Newport, Ky., is shaped on its north and west borders by the Ohio and Licking rivers. And while Newport hosts entertainment venues and a… Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:53:38 GMT /news/2020-01-10/an-ohio-river-community-bands-together-to-slow-runoff-and-add-greenspace Bonnie Jean Feldkamp /news/2020-01-02/rising-waters-aging-levees-and-climate-change-could-unleash-ohio-river When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The… Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:42:40 GMT /news/2020-01-02/rising-waters-aging-levees-and-climate-change-could-unleash-ohio-river Liam Niemeyer /news/2019-12-18/what-are-nurdles-and-why-are-they-threatening-the-ohio-river When the petrochemical plant being built by Shell Chemical Appalachia in Beaver County is complete, it's anticipated to bring 600 jobs as well as spinoff… Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:15:57 GMT /news/2019-12-18/what-are-nurdles-and-why-are-they-threatening-the-ohio-river Julie Grant /news/2019-12-17/its-not-easy-being-a-waterkeeper-fighting-pollution-and-apathy-on-the-ohio-river When Jason Flickner was a kid, he built a dam on the creek behind his grandparents' house causing it to flood a neighbor’s basement.When he tells the… Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:21:39 GMT /news/2019-12-17/its-not-easy-being-a-waterkeeper-fighting-pollution-and-apathy-on-the-ohio-river Jeff Brooks-Gillies /news/2019-12-06/as-petrochemical-industry-extends-along-ohio-river-pollution-follows-close-behind The R.E. Burger coal-fired power plant’s final day ended, appropriately enough, in a cloud of black smoke and dust. From 1944 to 2011, the plant generated… Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:37:10 GMT /news/2019-12-06/as-petrochemical-industry-extends-along-ohio-river-pollution-follows-close-behind Sharon Kelly