Nov 10 Environment Here’s How You Can Help Improve West Louisville’s Tree Canopy A few years ago, the city learned it's losing trees at a rate of about 54,000 per year. And West Louisville has among the worst tree canopies in the city. By Ryan Van Velzer Nov 10 Environment Here's How You Can Help Improve West Louisville's Tree Canopy Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 8 Environment Like All Of Nature, Climate Change Will Affect Louisville’s Fall Foliage, Too By the end of the century, some trees will retreat north where the climate is more suitable. But not all the news is bad for Louisville's trees. By Ryan Van Velzer Nov 8 Environment Like All Of Nature, Climate Change Will Affect Louisville’s Fall Foliage, Too Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 5 Environment Ky. Coal Mine That Belonged To W.Va. Governor Causes Damaging Floods Again It’s a common problem in coal communities. But what sets this one apart is that it's owned by the family of West Virginia Governor, Jim Justice. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 5 Environment Ky. Coal Mine That Belonged To W.Va. Governor Causes Damaging Floods Again Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 30 Environment Gov. Bevin Asks For Emergency Declaration For Kentucky Farmers Bevin is requesting an emergency disaster declaration for Kentucky farmers after September’s severe storms battered Kentucky crops. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 30 Environment Gov. Bevin Asks For Emergency Declaration For Kentucky Farmers Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 29 Environment Another Kentucky Coal Power Plant To Close The Henderson, Kentucky, plant is among a vintage of older, smaller coal plants that have been hanging on by a thread. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 29 Environment Another Kentucky Coal Power Plant To Close Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 23 Environment Court Challenge Could Speed Clean Up Of Kentucky Coal Ash Pollution Environmental groups are challenging a regulation that gives Kentucky power plants until 2020 to clean up pollution leaching out of unlined coal ash ponds. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 23 Environment Court Challenge Could Speed Clean Up Of Kentucky Coal Ash Pollution Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 22 Environment Controversial Kentucky Pipeline Conversion Project Scrapped The project would have reversed the flow of the existing Tennessee Gas Pipeline and converted it from carrying natural gas to more hazardous byproducts called natural gas liquids. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 22 Environment Controversial Kentucky Pipeline Conversion Project Scrapped Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 21 Environment Depaving Downtown: Trees Replace Asphalt In Effort To Reduce Urban Heat On Saturday, about two dozen volunteers gathered east of downtown Louisville to tear out a section of concrete and asphalt to make room for some trees. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 21 Environment Trees Replace Asphalt In Effort To Reduce Urban Heat Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 19 Environment Climate Change Increasing Flood Risks As Louisville’s Protection Decays As the planet warms, severe storms are becoming more common across the region and the city's 29-mile system of walls, levees and pump stations is deteriorating. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 19 Environment Climate Change Increasing Flood Risks As Louisville's Protection Decays Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 12 Environment Appalachian Regional Commission Announces New POWER Grant Recipients The Appalachian Regional Commission announced Thursday the latest recipients of grants designed to help struggling coal communities. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 12 Environment ARC Announces New POWER Grant Recipients Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 11 Environment Under Water: How Rising Waters Cost Us All Until now, scientists have often framed climate change in terms of the future: cities that will be underwater in the next 50, 100 or 200 years. But for some, that watery future is already here. By Annia Ciezadlo, Orb Media and Preethi Nallu, Orb Media Oct 11 Environment Under Water: How Rising Waters Cost Us All Annia Ciezadlo, Orb Media and Preethi Nallu, Orb Media
Oct 10 Environment Kentucky Unlikely To Meet New Climate Change Goal Kentucky has just 12 years to drastically reduce its reliance on fossil fuels to do its part to save the planet from the worst impacts of climate change, according to a new report. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 10 Environment Kentucky Unlikely To Meet New Climate Change Goal Ryan Van Velzer
Oct 5 Environment ORSANCO Punts On Decision To Eliminate Water Quality Standards For The Ohio River A multi-state commission charged with protecting the Ohio River decided Thursday to postpone a decision to dramatically alter pollution controls. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 5 Environment ORSANCO Punts On Decision To Eliminate Standards For Ohio River Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 3 Environment Curious Louisville: What Happens To Your Recycling? Over the last couple years, you've asked us nearly a dozen questions about recycling. And finally, we have some answers. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 3 Environment Curious Louisville: What Happens To Your Recycling? Ryan Van Velzer