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Heavy industry dumped more toxic pollution into the Ohio River watershed than any other in the United States in 2020, according to the latest data available in a report from Environment America.
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The city of Owensboro and other Kentucky communities are partnering with a steamboat company on an environmental project to protect the Ohio River.When…
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One promising sign that life may be returning to “more normal” will be at the Henderson waterfront this spring. It’s the return of the riverboats.The…
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A proposal to repurpose a docking facility near Marietta, Ohio, to allow for the barging of oil and gas drilling waste on the Ohio River is drawing…
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Scientists are designing a new study to test for PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals”, along the entire length of the Ohio River. Concerns are mounting…
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Just before dawn in January 2018, 27 barges were floating like a net along the banks of the Ohio River, downstream of the city of Pittsburgh. Instead of…
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The Ohio River is free from harmful levels of toxic algae after more than a month of recreational public health advisories, according to the Kentucky…
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As nearly 10,000 people descended on the small town of Owenton, Kentucky, for the annual county fair earlier this month, so too did the miles-long bourbon…
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The bourbon plume from last week’s Jim Beam warehouse fire has floated to Louisville’s drinking water intake in the Ohio River.The Louisville Water…
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The multi-state commission overseeing water quality along the Ohio River has adopted voluntary pollution control standards nearly a year after member…