May 28 Environment Influx of Insects Could Cause Problems for Tulip Poplars This Summer An old pest is causing new problems in the Ohio River Valley. The tulip scale insect has always preyed on tulip poplar trees, but the past two years of mild winters mean there’s a much higher population than usual. The tulip scale insect attaches to twigs on tulip poplar trees, sucks sap out of the […] By Erica Peterson May 28 Environment Influx of Insects Could Cause Problems for Tulip Poplars This Summer Erica Peterson
May 28 Environment Kentucky State Parks Begins Energy Retrofit of Nine Western Kentucky Parks Kentucky’s state parks system is two months into a major energy savings project at nine of its parks. The project is part of Governor Steve Beshear’s Initiative for Smart Government, which is designed to reduce government waste. Kentucky State Parks began its energy savings initiative by focusing on energy consumption in nine of the resort […] By Erica Peterson May 28 Environment Kentucky State Parks Begins Energy Retrofit of Nine Western Kentucky Parks Erica Peterson
May 28 Environment Kentucky State Parks Begins Energy Retrofit of Nine Western Kentucky Parks Kentucky’s state parks system is two months into a major energy savings project at nine of its parks. The project is part of Governor Steve Beshear’s Initiative for Smart Government, which is designed to reduce government waste. By Erica Peterson May 28 Environment Kentucky State Parks Begins Energy Retrofit of Nine Western Kentucky Parks Erica Peterson
May 28 Environment Influx of Insects Could Cause Problems for Tulip Poplars This Summer An old pest is causing new problems in the Ohio River Valley. The tulip scale insect has always preyed on tulip poplar trees, but the past two years of mild winters mean there’s a much higher population than usual.The tulip scale insect attaches to twigs on tulip poplar trees, sucks sap out of the bark and releases a clear, sticky sugary substance that’s commonly called “honeydew.” The honeydew is annoying—it falls onto lawns and cars—but the real danger is to the trees. By Erica Peterson May 28 Environment Influx of Insects Could Cause Problems for Tulip Poplars This Summer Erica Peterson
May 27 Environment Private Homes Contaminated Near Black Leaf Site; What’s Next? Soil testing in the yards of fifty homes bordering the former Black Leaf Chemical site in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood recently revealed carcinogenic chemicals in all of them. The Environmental Protection Agency found toxic contamination at the 29-acre Black Leaf site itself in 2010, but scientists weren’t sure how far it had spread beyond site […] By Brad Yost May 27 Environment Private Homes Contaminated Near Black Leaf Site; What’s Next? Brad Yost
May 27 Environment Private Homes Contaminated Near Black Leaf Site; What’s Next? Soil testing in the yards of fifty homes bordering the former Black Leaf Chemical site in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood recently revealed carcinogenic chemicals in all of them. By Brad Yost May 27 Environment Private Homes Contaminated Near Black Leaf Site; What’s Next? Brad Yost
May 25 Environment LG&E Plans Wall to Maximize Capacity of Ash Landfill at Cane Run Louisville Gas and Electric has begun building a wall near its coal ash landfill at Cane Run. The wall will be made substantially out of the same material the landfill is: a mixture of flue gas desulfurization sludge and coal ash that’s concrete-like. Right now the company’s landfill resembles gently-sloping mountains. But after the wall […] By Erica Peterson May 25 Environment LG&E Plans Wall to Maximize Capacity of Ash Landfill at Cane Run Erica Peterson
May 25 Environment MSHA Targets 43 Former Massey Mines in Huge Inspection Blitz The Mine Safety and Health Administration targeted 43 mines formerly owned by Massey Energy for surprise inspections this week, as NPR’s Howard Berkes reports. The mines, in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, are all now owned by Alpha Natural Resources. Berkes reports that the inspection blitz was prompted by a recent incident at an Alpha […] By Erica Peterson May 25 Environment MSHA Targets 43 Former Massey Mines in Huge Inspection Blitz Erica Peterson
May 24 Environment EPA Will Hold Community Meeting With Black Leaf Neighbors The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to hold a community meeting after soil testing revealed contamination near 50 homes in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood. The Environmental Protection Agency found signs of contamination—like heavy metals and pesticides—in every yard it tested near the former Black Leaf Chemical site in Park Hill. After letters were sent to […] By Erica Peterson May 24 Environment EPA Will Hold Community Meeting With Black Leaf Neighbors Erica Peterson
May 24 Environment EPA Hears Testimony on New Carbon Pollution Rule The Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of day-long hearings in Washington, D.C. and Chicago on proposed new standards from carbon pollution from power plants. By Erica Peterson May 24 Environment EPA Hears Testimony on New Carbon Pollution Rule Erica Peterson
May 24 Environment EPA Hears Testimony on New Carbon Pollution Rule The Environmental Protection Agency is in the midst of day-long hearings in Washington, D.C. and Chicago on proposed new standards from carbon pollution from power plants. The speaking lists for both hearings were already near full before they began. The slots were first come, first served, and environmental groups snagged many of them. Representatives from […] By Erica Peterson May 24 Environment EPA Hears Testimony on New Carbon Pollution Rule Erica Peterson
May 23 Environment EPA Raises Concerns About LG&E Plan For Trimble County Coal Ash Landfill The Environmental Protection Agency has concerns about the environmental impact of a 218-acre coal ash landfill in Trimble County proposed by Louisville Gas and Electric. By Erica Peterson May 23 Environment EPA Raises Concerns About LG&E Plan For Trimble County Coal Ash Landfill Erica Peterson
May 23 Environment EPA Raises Concerns About LG&E Plan For Trimble County Coal Ash Landfill The Environmental Protection Agency has concerns about the environmental impact of a 218-acre coal ash landfill in Trimble County proposed by Louisville Gas and Electric. LG&E is asking for permission to construct the landfill near its Trimble County power plant. If it’s permitted, the site will store coal ash—the waste that’s leftover after coal is […] By Erica Peterson May 23 Environment EPA Raises Concerns About LG&E Plan For Trimble County Coal Ash Landfill Erica Peterson
May 23 Environment Greenpeace Protests at Yum Brands Headquarters Activists from Greenpeace unfurled a banner on the Yum Brand headquarters on Gardiner Lane early this morning, in a move they say is meant to protest the company’s paper supplier. The banner has a picture of a Sumatran tiger. It says “KFC, stop trashing my home.” Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell says four of […] By Erica Peterson May 23 Environment Greenpeace Protests at Yum Brands Headquarters Erica Peterson