Apr 6 Environment White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To Clean Energy Through Coal Country For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar bears. Just think: How many times have you seen an image of ice crashing into the sea from a melting glacier, or a sad-eyed seal atop a floe, as part of a climate change message? […] By Jeff Young Apr 6 Environment White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To Clean Energy Through Coal Country Jeff Young
Apr 5 Environment WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary Monday marks 11 years since the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where 29 miners were killed on April 5, 2010. Federal mine safety investigators determined that a buildup of methane gas and coal dust led to the explosion at the Massey Energy-owned mine. It was the worst mine disaster […] By Curtis Tate Apr 5 Environment WV Remembers Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster On 11th Anniversary Curtis Tate
Apr 2 Environment Brood X Cicadas To Emerge in Kentucky After 17-Year Slumber This year, cicadas are vying for the song of the summer. After 17 years underground, billions will emerge shrieking and screaming next month. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 2 Environment Brood X Cicadas To Emerge in Kentucky After 17-Year Slumber Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 29 Environment Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding "We're tired." The second severe flooding in a month struck eastern Kentucky. Some communities were soaked in 2020 as well. By Katie Myers Mar 29 Environment Eastern Kentucky Communities Barraged By Second Round of Flooding Katie Myers
Mar 26 Environment Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays Doctors hired by coal companies in black lung cases are far less likely to diagnose the disease in X-rays than are independent doctors or those who are hired by coal miners, a new study has concluded, pointing to conflicts of interest in the system that sick miners use to receive assistance. The doctors who worked […] By Curtis Tate Mar 26 Environment Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays Curtis Tate
Mar 23 Environment Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Damaged Lands, Miners’ Compensation In Limbo Blackjewel's bankruptcy leaves unresolved the fate of some 200 permitted mine sites and payment for miners who won a class action settlement. By Katie Myers Mar 23 Environment Blackjewel Bankruptcy Leaves Key Issues In Limbo Katie Myers
Mar 18 Environment Slow Recovery: Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Kentucky’s Aging Infrastructure Two floods in less than two years, plus a crippling ice storm laid bare the weaknesses in rural east Kentucky's aging infrastructure system. By Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource and Katie Myers Mar 18 Environment Repeated Floods And Storms Strain East Ky.’s Aging Infrastructure Corinne Boyer, Ohio Valley ReSource and Katie Myers
Mar 17 Environment Bernheim Golden Eagles Fly North For The Summer A breeding pair of golden eagles have left their winter home at Bernheim and are expected to reunite in the Canadian wilderness in April. By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 17 Environment Bernheim Golden Eagles Fly North For The Summer Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 12 Environment LG&E Records Show Bernheim Pipeline Would Primarily Benefit Jim Beam With the additional gas service, Beam Suntory would have become LG&E’s second largest customer. By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 12 Environment LG&E Proposed Pipeline Would Primarily Benefit Jim Beam Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 1 Environment Heavy Rains Bring Flooding To Parts Of Kentucky, West Virginia Dozens of counties in Kentucky and West Virginia are cleaning up flood damage from heavy rains over the weekend. In Kentucky, a total of 34 counties and cities have declared states of emergency, including Breathitt, Calloway, Casey, Elliott, Estill, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry and Pike counties and the cities of Paintsville and Salyersville. Of […] By Katie Myers Mar 1 Environment Heavy Rains Bring Flooding To Parts Of Kentucky, West Virginia Katie Myers
Feb 26 Environment Climate Change Increases Flooding Risk For Some 230,000 Ohio Valley Homes A new analysis of flooding risk that accounts for the effects of climate change finds many more homes in Appalachian communities in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are at risk of flooding than the federal government’s emergency managers have indicated. In 12 Appalachian counties in the region, at least half of all residences are at […] By Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young Feb 26 Environment Climate Change Increases Flooding Risk For Some 230,000 Ohio Valley Homes Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young
Feb 24 Environment KY Bill Would Allow Ban On Large Solar Projects On Farmland A new bill in the Kentucky legislature could ban large-scale solar projects on farmland in the state, out of fears that the growing solar industry could be a detriment to the preservation of productive farmland. But a leading solar advocate in the state believes the bill is an overreaction and could significantly hamper the dawning […] By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Feb 24 Environment KY Bill Would Allow Ban On Large Solar Projects On Farmland Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource
Feb 21 Environment Here Comes The Sun: Solar Moves In, And A Farm Community Wonders About Its Future The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark County, passing by green rolling hills and hay bales. In her social media video from early September, Adreanna Wills points out white signs in yards along the way, displaying […] By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Feb 21 Environment Here Comes The Sun: Solar Moves In, And A Farm Community Wonders About Its Future Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource
Feb 17 Environment Kentucky Prepares For Third Winter Storm In 8 Days Louisville could see as much as one to three inches of snow while a wintry mix remains possible across the state. By Ryan Van Velzer Feb 17 Environment Kentucky Prepares For Third Winter Storm In 8 Days Ryan Van Velzer