Aug 10 Environment Toxic Legacy Comes To Light With Claims That Union Carbide Failed To Report Landfill A lawsuit alleges Union Carbide has for decades knowingly leaked potentially toxic pollutants into a creek near Charleston, W.Va. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 10 Environment Toxic Legacy Revealed With Claims That Union Carbide Didn't Report Landfill Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 2 Environment Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction In areas affected by extraction industries, many wells are now running dry or showing unsafe levels of contaminants like arsenic and lead. By Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource Mar 2 Environment Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction Benny Becker, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 9 Environment Study Finds Widespread Contamination Of Ohio Valley Drinking Water Contamination of water supplies was most prevalent in 13 states including Ohio. Chemicals were also detectable in Kentucky as well as in West Virginia. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 9 Environment Study Finds Widespread Contamination Of Ohio Valley Drinking Water Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 5 Environment Indoor Air Sampling Begins at Homes Near Lees Lane Landfill Federal government officials are in Louisville this week to take air samples in eight homes near the Lees Lane Landfill. The crawl spaces of 31 houses... By Erica Peterson Nov 5 Environment Indoor Air Sampling Begins at Homes Near Lees Lane Landfill Erica Peterson
Oct 27 Environment 8 Homes Near Lees Lane Landfill to Get Indoor Air Tests After Chemicals Found in Crawl Spaces The Environmental Protection Agency will be back in southwest Louisville next month to take additional air samples near the Lees Lane Landfill, after... By Erica Peterson Oct 27 Environment 8 Homes Near Lees Lane Landfill to Get Indoor Air Tests After Chemicals Found in Crawl Spaces Erica Peterson
Mar 3 Environment State Asks for Injunction Against Childers Oil State officials have asked for a temporary injunction against Childers Oil in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The company has already been cited twice for allowing underground petroleum storage tanks to leak into the county’s water supply. By Kristin Espeland Mar 3 Environment State Asks for Injunction Against Childers Oil Kristin Espeland
Feb 17 Local News Letcher Co. Tap Water Contaminated 2nd Time Letcher County residents have been warned not to use their tap water for anything but flushing toilets. A petroleum leak is suspected, and was also the culprit for a similar incident in November 2008. By Kristin Espeland Feb 17 Local News Letcher Co. Tap Water Contaminated 2nd Time Kristin Espeland
Nov 10 Local News Whitesburg Oil Wholesaler Violated Water Regs The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection has cited a Whitesburg petroleum wholesaler for contaminating the city’s water supply. Don Childers of Childers Oil Company could pay up to $25,000 for every day he violated state environmental regulations, including one that prohibits unlawful discharges into the Kentucky River. By Kristin Espeland Nov 10 Local News Whitesburg Oil Wholesaler Violated Water Regs Kristin Espeland
Nov 7 Local News Whitesburg Water Safe to Drink Again Letcher County residents can once again drink the water after state officials declared it safe from a petroleum leak. Earlier this week, officials discovered waste oil seeping into the North Fork of the Kentucky River, near the city of Whitesburg’s water plant intake. By Kristin Espeland Nov 7 Local News Whitesburg Water Safe to Drink Again Kristin Espeland
Nov 4 Local News Whitesburg Water Contaminated Kentucky Division of Water officials have shut down the treatment plant in Whitesburg, Kentucky. By Gabe Bullard Nov 4 Local News Whitesburg Water Contaminated Gabe Bullard