Dec 12 Environment Raw Sewage Flowing Into Harrods Creek In Prospect, Kentucky More than a half million gallons of fresh sewage is expected to flow into Harrods Creek after a pressurized sewer pipe break in Prospect. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 12 Environment Raw Sewage Flowing Into Harrods Creek In Prospect, Kentucky Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 11 Environment Watchdog Group Calls Decreased Tax On Coal A ‘Blatant Subsidy’ For The Coal Industry The analysis reflects a growing concern about the fiscal health of a federal fund that supports tens of thousands of disabled coal miners. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 11 Environment Group Calls Decreased Coal Tax 'Blatant Subsidy' For The Industry Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 10 Environment Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung The research is the first to specifically analyze long-term data on exposure to toxic silica dust for workers at surface mines. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 10 Environment Study: Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust, Too Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 7 Environment Fighting Pollution And Apathy On The Lower Ohio, It’s Not Easy Being A Southern Indiana Waterkeeper New Albany resident Jason Flickner is an environmental advocate who doesn’t see many career opportunities in this part of the country. By Jeff Brooks-Gillies, Environmental Health News Dec 7 Environment It’s Not Easy Being A Southern Indiana Waterkeeper Jeff Brooks-Gillies, Environmental Health News
Dec 5 Environment PHOTOS: Inside The Massive New Tunnel Underneath Louisville The Waterway Protection Tunnel is one of many projects designed to reduce sewer overflows into local waterways. By Kyeland Jackson Dec 5 Environment PHOTOS: Inside The Massive New Tunnel Underneath Louisville Kyeland Jackson
Dec 5 Environment Golden Eagles Harper And Athena Reunite In Bernheim Just ten days apart, a pair of golden eagles have reunited after flying almost 1,700 miles separately from Canada to Bernheim Forest. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 5 Environment Golden Eagles Harper And Athena Reunite In Bernheim Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 4 Environment Coal Ash Is Still Polluting Kentucky’s Green River After 15 years of problems at a western Kentucky power plant, toxic coal ash from a landfill is still leaching into the Green River. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 4 Environment Coal Ash Is Still Polluting Kentucky's Green River Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 29 Environment U.N. Report Lays Out Climate Action Goals That Louisville Can Follow Two new reports indicate the global economy has not heeded climate scientists’ calls for a carbon diet. By Ryan Van Velzer Nov 29 Environment U.N. Report Lays Out Climate Action Goals That Louisville Can Follow Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 29 Environment 360 Degrees Of The Cheat River: A Journey To Revitalization On An Ohio River Tributary The Cheat River courses through one of the largest undammed watersheds in the eastern United States. Explore it in 360 degrees. By 100 Days In Appalachia Nov 29 Environment 360 Degrees Of The Cheat River: A Journey To Revitalization 100 Days In Appalachia
Nov 28 Environment Harper The Golden Eagle Returns To Bernheim Forest Harper the golden eagle has returned to Bernheim Forest for a fifth year, completing a 1,600 mile migration from his summer range in Canada. By Ryan Van Velzer Nov 28 Environment Harper The Golden Eagle Returns To Bernheim Forest Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 25 Environment Rural Water Loss Investigation Reveals Widespread Financial Challenges Kentucky’s Public Service Commission has released results of an investigation into high rates of water loss in certain rural water districts. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 25 Environment Rural Water Loss Investigation Reveals Widespread Financial Challenges Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 25 Environment ‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga On Big Screen As Ohio Valley Contamination Comes To Light The decades-long saga over DuPont’s dumping of toxic chemicals in the Ohio Valley is getting the Hollywood treatment. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 25 Environment ‘Dark Waters’ Puts PFAS Saga On Big Screen Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 21 Environment ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Drinking Water Across Kentucky Half of all the public drinking water systems tested in a new state report are showing evidence of PFAS contamination. By Ryan Van Velzer Nov 21 Environment 'Forever Chemicals' Found In Drinking Water Across Kentucky Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 21 Environment Appalachia’s Strip-Mined Mountains Face A Growing Climate Risk: Flooding Long after the coal mining stops, its legacy of mining could continue to exact a price on residents who live downstream. By James Bruggers, InsideClimate News Nov 21 Environment Appalachia’s Mined Mountains Face A Growing Climate Risk: Flooding James Bruggers, InsideClimate News