May 12 Environment LG&E Agrees To Reduce Emissions To Limit Ozone Formation The utility reached an agreement with air pollution regulators to reduce emissions that contribute to harmful ground level ozone. By Ryan Van Velzer May 12 Environment LG&E Agrees To Reduce Emissions To Limit Ozone Ryan Van Velzer
May 10 Environment Marathon Refinery Near Ashland Exceeds EPA Levels For Cancer-Causing Pollutant Fence line readings for benzene jumped 233% between 2019 and 2020 at the refinery and were 11% above action levels designated by the EPA. By Ryan Van Velzer May 10 Environment Kentucky Refinery Exceeds EPA Level For Cancer-Causing Pollutant Ryan Van Velzer
May 3 Environment Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley As area policy makers take varied approaches to solar, advocates argue that a decentralized grid could make electricity more democratic. By Katie Myers and Curtis Tate May 3 Environment Power Switch: Solar Is Heating Up In The Ohio Valley Katie Myers and Curtis Tate
Apr 28 Environment LG&E’s Parent Company Paid No Federal Taxes Last Year In a year when Kentuckians struggled to pay their utilities bills because of a global pandemic, Louisville Gas and Electric’s parent company paid nothing in federal taxes. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 28 Environment LG&E’s Parent Company Paid No Federal Taxes Last Year Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 26 Environment Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals On Earth Day, President Joe Biden convened world leaders for a climate summit, where he laid out an ambitious goal for U.S. policy on climate change. “The United States sets out to cut our global warming emissions in half by the end of the decade,” Biden said. “That’s where we’re heading as a nation.” But […] By Curtis Tate Apr 26 Environment Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals Curtis Tate
Apr 23 Environment Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action On Thursday — Earth Day — President Joe Biden announced an ambitious goal to fight the climate crisis: The country will cut by half its global warming emissions by 2030. Such action will require a massive reduction in the use of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, long a bedrock of the economy […] By Jeff Young Apr 23 Environment Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action Jeff Young
Apr 22 Environment Louisville’s Latest Climate Commitments Need LG&E Buy-In Mayor Fischer’s announcement comes on the heels of President Joe Biden’s renewed commitment to combating climate change. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 22 Environment Louisville’s Latest Climate Commitments Need LG&E Buy-In Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 22 Environment Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut The president began a climate summit by announcing the U.S. will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade. By Scott Detrow, NPR Apr 22 Environment Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scott Detrow, NPR
Apr 21 Environment Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of the long-running, nearly Sisyphean discussion about climate change, clean energy, and coal country. Simply put: he’s not a fan. “I ask anybody who has been uttering those two words […] By Jeff Young Apr 21 Environment Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate Jeff Young
Apr 18 Environment Sen. Manchin, UMWA’s Roberts Talk Energy Transition West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will take part in a discussion on Monday about the future of energy and coalfield communities. Manchin will participate in a one-hour event hosted by the National Press Club called “A Conversation on Energy Transition and Working Families.” Manchin, a former West Virginia governor, has a prominent role in Washington […] By Curtis Tate Apr 18 Environment Sen. Manchin, UMWA’s Roberts Talk Energy Transition Curtis Tate
Apr 16 Environment Louisville Will Turn Human Waste To Fertilizer With This Loan The project will be possible through a $97 million, low-interest loan from the Environmental Protection Agency. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 16 Environment Louisville Will Begin Turning Human Waste To Fertilizer Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 14 Environment New Research: Thousands Of Jobs Possible In Reclamation Of Mine Lands And Gas Wells A regional think tank says damaged mine lands and leaking gas wells that threaten public health and safety could become job generators. By Katie Myers Apr 14 Environment New Research: Thousands Of Jobs Possible In Reclamation Of Mine Lands And Gas Wells Katie Myers
Apr 13 Environment Good Weather, Fewer Arsons Make Quieter Ky. Wildfire Season Kentucky is poised to have a below-average year for spring wildfires with fewer than three weeks left in the season. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 13 Environment Good Weather, Less Arson Makes For Quieter Wildfire Season Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 12 Environment Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities After intense flooding this March, some worry that more slides are inevitable — and that part of the problem might be man-made. By Katie Myers Apr 12 Environment Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities Katie Myers