Dec 29 Environment Best Of 2018: Our Year In Environment Reporting From the air we breathe to the water we drink, this year we've tackled stories about the way people are changing the environment, and the way those impacts affect us. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 29 Environment Best Of 2018: Our Year In Environment Reporting Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 28 Environment Update: Two More Barges Sink In Ohio River After Bridge Accident Fifteen coal barges broke free from a tug boat headed north up the Ohio River earlier this week. Six barges were recovered while another nine floated downriver. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 28 Environment Update: Two More Barges Sink In Ohio River After Bridge Accident Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 26 Environment U of L Study: Trees May Reduce Stress, Promote Heart Health Findings indicate that people who live in more densely vegetated areas have lower levels of stress and better cardiovascular health. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 26 Environment U of L Study: Trees May Reduce Stress, Promote Heart Health Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 24 Environment Deer Ticks Active Throughout Winter In Kentucky While ticks are most active during spring and summer, they look for food through winter, as long as the temperatures don’t dip below freezing for long. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 24 Environment Deer Ticks Active Throughout Winter In Kentucky Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 21 Environment Fischer Calls For 80 Percent Cut To Louisville’s Greenhouse Emissions By 2050 Setting this goal is part of a process Mayor Fischer committed to in 2016. Now that a target is set, the city must determine how Louisville will meet it. By Amina Elahi Dec 21 Environment Fischer Calls For 80 Percent Cut To Louisville's Emissions By 2050 Amina Elahi
Dec 18 Environment Data Dives And Shoe Leather: How NPR’s Howard Berkes Investigated Appalachia’s Black Lung Epidemic Data loom large in this investigation: Berkes analyzed 30 years of dust monitoring data. But it also required old-fashioned shoe leather reporting. By Jeff Young Dec 18 Environment How NPR's Howard Berkes Investigated Appalachia's Black Lung Epidemic Jeff Young
Dec 18 Environment Main Street Traffic Headaches Are (Partly) Over: Repairs Complete On Major Louisville Sewer Pipe Repairs on a sewer pipe that carries about 40 percent of Jefferson County’s wastewater are complete, eight months after workers found a hole in the pipe. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 18 Environment Repairs Complete On Major Louisville Sewer Pipe Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 18 Environment An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It More than 2000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. Regulators had multiple warnings and chances to protect them, but didn't. By Howard Berkes, NPR , Huo Jingnan , , Robert Benincasa, NPR and Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Frontline Dec 18 Environment An Epidemic Is Killing Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It Howard Berkes, NPR, Huo Jingnan, , Robert Benincasa, NPR and Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Frontline
Dec 17 Environment Louisville Factory Fined For Polluting Air In Park Hill Neighborhood The Air Pollution Control District issued Clariant Corporation a $7,500 fine for the pollution and for filing errors in reporting to regulators. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 17 Environment Louisville Factory Fined For Polluting Air In Park Hill Neighborhood Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 12 Environment Louisville Tries To Balance Trees With Buildings In Land Development Code Fix The debate over the future of Louisville’s tree canopy pits the interests of developers and builders against environmentalists. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 12 Environment Louisville Tries To Balance Trees With Buildings In Land Development Code Fix Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 12 Environment Mayors And Governors Rebut Trump Administration Position At Climate Summit Federal officials at the U.N. climate meeting are ignoring climate science and touting coal and fossil fuels. But local and state authorities pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on their own. By Rebecca Hersher, NPR Dec 12 Environment Mayors And Governors Rebut Trump Administration Position At Climate Summit Rebecca Hersher, NPR
Dec 10 Environment EPA Rollbacks Won’t Help Kentucky Families, Despite McConnell’s Claim The EPA’s own analysis concludes the rule won’t have any impact because it doesn’t anticipate any new coal-fired power plants will be built. By Ryan Van Velzer Dec 10 Environment EPA Rollbacks Won't Help Kentucky Families, Despite McConnell's Claim Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 10 Environment Digging For Answers: New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects A growing body of research shows that people living near mountaintop removal coal mines face increased risks of disease linked to pollutants in air and water. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 10 Environment New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 7 Environment Recut: Why Is The Groundwater Polluted Around This Power Plant? Coal ash in unlined landfills may have been polluting local groundwater for as long as 18 years. By Laura Ellis Dec 7 Environment Recut: Why Is The Groundwater Polluted Around This Power Plant? Laura Ellis