Sep 19 Environment Louisville Youth To Join Worldwide Climate Strike On Friday A youth-led coalition of environmental groups will pressure Louisville to declare a climate emergency Friday as part of a worldwide movement. By Ryan Van Velzer Sep 19 Environment Louisville Youth To Join Worldwide Climate Strike On Friday Ryan Van Velzer
Sep 18 Environment Rebuilding Louisville’s Urban Forest To Combat Climate Change Urban forests can help control many local climate impacts while also absorbing the very gas that got us into this crisis in the first place.. By Ryan Van Velzer Sep 18 Environment Rebuilding Louisville's Urban Forest To Combat Climate Change Ryan Van Velzer
Sep 16 Environment Here’s One Neat Trick To Control Climate Change In Kentucky Yes, this is climate change clickbait. But there really is a simple solution to limit local impacts of warming, flooding and air pollution. By Ryan Van Velzer Sep 16 Environment Here's One Neat Trick To Control Climate Change In Kentucky Ryan Van Velzer
Sep 13 Environment WFPL Is One Of 250 News Outlets Doubling Down On Climate Coverage Next Week Covering Climate Now is lead by the Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation. We are the only news outlet in Kentucky participating. By Erica Peterson Sep 13 Environment WFPL Is One Of 250 News Outlets Doubling Down On Climate Coverage Erica Peterson
Aug 23 Environment Sanders Visits Coal States On Heels Of Climate Plan Release Sanders' detailed climate plan released Thursday calls climate change “the single greatest challenge facing our country.” By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource and Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 23 Environment Sanders Visits Coal States On Heels Of Climate Plan Release Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource and Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 14 Environment Trump Visits Shell Plastics Facility, Touts Petrochemical Future For Ohio Valley Trump toured Shell Chemical’s ethane cracker complex in Pennsylvania, to tout his administration’s commitment to expanding energy production. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 14 Environment Trump Touts Petrochemical Future For Ohio Valley Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 29 Environment Power Plant: How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands Researchers see potential in a plant called giant miscanthus to both create economic opportunity in Appalachia and help reduce emissions. By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 29 Environment How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 18 Community Louisville Under Excessive Heat Warning Through Sunday Temperatures are expected to hover around the low to mid 90s Thursday, but will ramp up through the weekend into the upper 90s. By Ryan Van Velzer Jul 18 Community Louisville Under Excessive Heat Warning Through Sunday Ryan Van Velzer
Jul 17 Environment Study: Kentucky’s Heat Index On The Rise The number of sweltering summer days will only increase as climate change takes its toll on Kentucky, according to a study released Tuesday. By Ryan Van Velzer Jul 17 Environment Study: Kentucky’s Heat Index On The Rise Ryan Van Velzer
Jun 11 Environment Yarmuth Tackles Economic Impacts Of Climate Change In Budget Hearing Kentucky Democratic Congressman and budget chair John Yarmuth held the hearing to raise awareness of the fiscal impacts of a warming world. By Ryan Van Velzer Jun 11 Environment Yarmuth Tackles Economic Impacts Of Climate Change In Budget Hearing Ryan Van Velzer
May 15 Environment As Ohio Valley Ponders Plastics Growth, Report Warns Of Threat To Climate A report by environmental groups warns that the expansion of plastics threatens the world’s ability to keep climate change at bay. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource May 15 Environment As Ohio Valley Ponders Plastics Growth Report Warns Of Climate Threat Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 22 Environment For Earth Day, Nature Conservancy Preserves 100,000 Acres Of Appalachian Forest And Streams The property, which is on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, is intended to preserve a wildlife corridor in the Appalachian Mountains. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 22 Environment Nature Conservancy Preserves 100,000 Acres Of Appalachian Forest Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 1 Environment Louisville’s Clean Energy Resolution Dies, Sponsor Withdraws The resolution introduced last year calls for city operations to become 100 percent clean energy by 2030, and the entire community by 2035. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 1 Environment Louisville’s Clean Energy Resolution Dies, Sponsor Withdraws Ryan Van Velzer
Mar 13 The Next Louisville The Next Louisville: Kentucky Kids And Climate Change The climate is changing in Kentucky. Scientists warn it’s changing faster than at any point in modern history. And young people are mobilizing to take action. By Ryan Van Velzer Mar 13 The Next Louisville The Next Louisville: Kentucky Kids And Climate Change Ryan Van Velzer
Feb 19 Environment Researchers Predict Indiana Coal Will Be Replaced By 2080 As energy demands change and coal fired power plants reach the end of their lifespans, researchers believe coal will be replaced by natural gas, wind and solar by 2080. By Ryan Van Velzer Feb 19 Environment Researchers Predict Indiana Coal Will Be Replaced By 2080 Ryan Van Velzer