Dec 3 Environment Fracking’s Next Boom? Petrochemical Plants Fuel Debate Over Jobs, Pollution A massive facility proposed for Belmont County, Ohio, brings both the promise of economic gains and environmental risks. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 3 Environment Petrochemical Plants Fuel Debate Over Jobs, Pollution Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 1 Environment Study: High-Risk Chemical Facilities Near Two-Thirds Of Louisville Residents The risks posed by these chemical facilities are not shared equally: they disproportionately affect Louisville's poor and black residents. By Ryan Van Velzer Oct 1 Environment Study: High-Risk Facilities Near Two-Thirds Of Louisville Residents Ryan Van Velzer
Jun 30 Environment New Calls For More Study Of Controversial Kentucky Pipeline Project Boyle County Fiscal Court and the Danville City Commission passed resolutions opposing a proposed natural gas liquids pipeline that would cross the county. By Erica Peterson Jun 30 Environment New Calls For Study Of Controversial Kentucky Pipeline Project Erica Peterson
Feb 23 Environment Park Hill Residents Worry Over Plan To Leave Hazardous Chemicals On Site From the 1930s to the 1970s, the land housed a pesticide facility. By Erica Peterson Feb 23 Environment Park Hill Residents Worry Over Hazardous Chemicals Erica Peterson
Jan 18 Environment Central Kentucky County to Consider Changes for Liquids Pipelines A county in central Kentucky is poised to consider a zoning change that could affect a massive multi-state pipeline project. Boyle County government will consider whether to require all hazardous liquids pipelines to receive permits from the county’s zoning board. That would create a hurdle if energy company Kinder Morgan’s conversion of the massive Tennessee Gas Pipeline moves […] By Erica Peterson Jan 18 Environment Central Kentucky County to Consider Changes for Liquids Pipelines Erica Peterson
Oct 26 Environment Louisville Water Company Ends Hazardous Chemical Storage at Treatment Plants The Louisville Water Company has finished the phase-out of two hazardous chemicals that were stored at both of the company’s water treatment plants. For about a century, Louisville Water has stored pressurized liquid chlorine at its Crescent Hill Treatment Plant, most recently in 90 ton railcars. Since the 1970s, it’s also been storing anhydrous ammonia […] By Erica Peterson Oct 26 Environment Louisville Water Company Ends Hazardous Chemical Storage at Treatment Plants Erica Peterson
Feb 5 Environment Dollar Store Products Contain Unsafe Levels of Toxic Chemicals, Report Says A new analysis of products purchased at dollar stores around the country show that most included significant amounts of at least one hazardous chemical. The Campaign for Healthier Solutions tested 164 dollar store products—including several from stores in Louisville—and found high levels of chemicals like polyvinyl chloride, phthalates, lead and tin in 81 percent of […] By Erica Peterson Feb 5 Environment Dollar Store Products Contain Unsafe Levels of Toxic Chemicals, Report Says Erica Peterson
Dec 18 Environment EPA Touts Enforcement Success for Chemical, Water, Air Violations in Kentucky The federal government is touting its environmental enforcement efforts from 2014 across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency says during the fiscal year, its actions reduced about 141 million pounds of air pollutants and 337 million pounds of water pollutants. Four of the cases the agency wrapped up this year were in the Louisville area. […] By Erica Peterson Dec 18 Environment EPA Touts Enforcement Success for Chemical, Water, Air Violations in Kentucky Erica Peterson