The Ohio River: Resilient and Healthy River Communities Series

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing discussing how policymakers and community stakeholders can help restore the health of the Ohio River. The Ohio spans Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, and is considered one of the most heavily polluted rivers in the country due to high levels of industrial discharge. Nitrates, heavy metals, forever chemicals, and the butyl acrylate leaked by the derailed train in New Palestine —all these pollutants continue to jeopardize the Ohio River’s health.

Given the disproportionally frequent location of manufacturing near economically disadvantaged areas, remediating the health of the Ohio River has essential environmental justice implications for the surrounding communities. This briefing will highlight ways that collaboration between federal and state government, industry, and local stakeholders can prevent and mitigate pollution on the Ohio River.