Apr 17 Environment Unequal: How West Louisville Residents Cleaned Up The Air A lot of the progress that's been made to reduce Louisville's toxic air pollution is due to community action in the West End. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 17 Environment Unequal: How West Louisville Residents Cleaned Up The Air Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 16 Environment Unequal: Cancer Risk From Pollution Is Higher In West, South Louisville Neighborhoods The combined emissions of industrial facilities near California Park contribute to the highest cancer risk in Jefferson County. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 16 Environment Unequal: Pollution Cancer Risk Is Higher In West, South Louisville Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 15 Environment Unequal: Despite Progress, Louisville’s Toxic Air Still Mostly Affects Poor, Black Residents Today, more than 80 percent of all the toxic air pollution released in Jefferson County is released in west and south Louisville. By Ryan Van Velzer and Alexandra Kanik Apr 15 Environment Unequal: Toxic Air Still Mostly Affects Poor, Black Louisvillians Ryan Van Velzer and Alexandra Kanik
Apr 13 Environment New TVA Head Says Board Right On Coal Plant Closures President Donald Trump and the U.S. Senate majority leader who hails from Kentucky had previously criticized the move. By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press and Travis Loller, Associated Press Apr 13 Environment New TVA Head Says Board Right On Coal Plant Closures Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press and Travis Loller, Associated Press
Apr 10 Environment Coal Community Residents Ask Congress For Health Study Of Mountaintop Removal Appalachian residents told lawmakers Tuesday that mountaintop removal should be halted until its health effects are better studied. By Jeff Young Apr 10 Environment Coal Community Residents Ask Congress For Mining Health Study Jeff Young
Apr 8 Environment Mine Safety Debt For WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Grows to $4M That $4.3 million is far more than the companies owed when Justice ran for governor in 2016, when he pledged to make good on such debts. By Alexandra Kanik and Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 8 Environment Mine Safety Debt For WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Grows to $4M Alexandra Kanik and Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 1 Environment As Some Midwest Farmers Struggle With Historic Flooding, Ohio Valley Ethanol Producers See Profit Boost Flooding in the midwest forced major ethanol plants making up a sixth of U.S. ethanol production to close or scale back production. By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 1 Environment Ohio Valley Ethanol Producers See Boost As Midwest Farmers Struggle Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 1 Environment Louisville’s Clean Energy Resolution Dies, Sponsor Withdraws The resolution introduced last year calls for city operations to become 100 percent clean energy by 2030, and the entire community by 2035. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 1 Environment Louisville’s Clean Energy Resolution Dies, Sponsor Withdraws Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 1 Environment Rare Conservation Win In Congress Helps Ohio Valley Parks And Monuments Across the Ohio Valley, more than $700 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been invested at parks and wilderness areas. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 1 Environment Rare Conservation Win In Congress Helps Ohio Valley Parks And Monuments Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 30 Environment ‘Smell MyCity’ Is Louisville’s Smell Something, Say Something App App developers say it will help Louisville residents document the odors that impact quality of life in the city. By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 30 Environment 'Smell MyCity' Is Louisville’s Smell Something, Say Something App Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 28 Environment U.S. House Subcommittee To Consider Coal Mine Reclamation Bill A congressional subcommittee will hear testimony Thursday in support of a bill that would help clean up and redevelop surface mine land. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Mar 28 Environment U.S. House Subcommittee To Consider Coal Mine Reclamation Bill Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 19 Environment An Update From MSD’s Tunnel Somewhere Under The Ohio River The Metropolitan Sewer District has completed about 10 percent of a 4-mile-long tunnel meant to store excess sewage and stormwater. By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 19 Environment An Update From MSD's Tunnel Somewhere Under The Ohio River Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 18 Environment Who Gets To Harness The Power Of The Sun In Kentucky? Will it be homes and businesses with rooftop solar panels feeding excess power into the grid? Or utilities generating solar power at economies of scale? By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 18 Environment Who Gets To Harness The Power Of The Sun In Kentucky? Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 15 Environment Kentucky Rooftop Solar Bill Heads To Governor Late Thursday, House representatives stripped the bill of protections favored by the state’s rooftop solar industry before adopting it in a 55 to 36 vote. By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 15 Environment Kentucky Rooftop Solar Bill Heads To Governor Ryan Van Velzer