Jul 20 Environment ORSANCO Holding Workshops On Pollution Law Change The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, or ORSANCO, is considering a change to pollution control standards. The body will vote later this year on a measure that would let power plants apply for temporary exemptions from pollution controls. By Gabe Bullard Jul 20 Environment ORSANCO Holding Workshops On Pollution Law Change Gabe Bullard
Feb 9 Environment Tackling River Traffic Pollution One of the biggest greenhouse gas contributors is traffic: emissions from cars and trucks. But traffic is found on more than just our roads: it's on the river. Find out how much river boats emit and how researchers are trying to make them greener. By Kristin Espeland Feb 9 Environment Tackling River Traffic Pollution Kristin Espeland
Jan 7 Environment New Smog Standards Pose Problem for L'ville While Louisville struggles to come into compliance with current Environmental Protection Agency standards for smog, the U.S. agency is proposing even stricter standards. By Kristin Espeland Jan 7 Environment New Smog Standards Pose Problem for L'ville Kristin Espeland
Dec 28 Local News Idling Ordinance Progress Expected In January Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson's administration is working with the Metro Council to fine-tune legislation that restricts the amount of time motorists can idle their vehicles. By Gabe Bullard Dec 28 Local News Idling Ordinance Progress Expected In January Gabe Bullard
Oct 2 Local News Metro Parks Advises Against Consumption Of Fish From Its Lakes From WFPL’s Gabe Bullard The Louisville Metro Parks department is restating its warnings about eating fish caught in park lakes and ponds. New signs are being posted at all 22 lakes warning park visitors about the toxins that could be in the water and in the fish. A study done in the 1990s showed dangerous […] By Rick Howlett Oct 2 Local News Metro Parks Advises Against Consumption Of Fish From Its Lakes Rick Howlett
Sep 15 Environment A Different Kind of Tour Several dozen Louisvillians boarded a bus this morning at St. William Church in West Louisville. They set off to view and learn about the kinds of sites you wouldn't want on a sight-seeing tour: a garbage dump, a chemical factory, a sewage treatment plant. But these were no unusual tourists. These were participants in Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light's Environmental Health and Justice Tour. By Kristin Espeland Sep 15 Environment A Different Kind of Tour Kristin Espeland
Jul 22 Environment Prenatal Pollution Exposure Affects IQ: New Study A mother’s exposure to air pollution could lead to a lower IQ in her child. The finding is from a new study from Columbia University researchers. By Kristin Espeland Jul 22 Environment Prenatal Pollution Exposure Affects IQ: New Study Kristin Espeland
Jul 16 Environment EPA to Update Air Quality Standards The EPA has announced it will revise standards for nitrogen oxides, or NO2, by early 2010. NO2 is a harmful-to-your-health gaseous emission from burning fossil fuels, and the major sources are vehicles and coal-fired power plants. By Kristin Espeland Jul 16 Environment EPA to Update Air Quality Standards Kristin Espeland
Jun 15 Local News Clean Energy Jobs Grow 10% in Kentucky Jobs associated with the emerging clean energy economy grew 10 percent in Kentucky between 1998 and 2007. That’s compared to overall job growth of about three and half percent, according to new research from the Pew Charitable Trusts. By Kristin Espeland Jun 15 Local News Clean Energy Jobs Grow 10% in Kentucky Kristin Espeland
Jun 11 Local News New Study Reveals Higher Heart Risk from Soot An updated analysis of data from the mid 1990s has revealed that people with lower levels of education and in low income households are at greater risk from fine particulate – or soot—pollution. By Kristin Espeland Jun 11 Local News New Study Reveals Higher Heart Risk from Soot Kristin Espeland
May 22 Environment A Good Week for the Atmosphere Well, mostly. We did have air quality alerts here on Thursday and today (Friday), caused essentially by too many cars on the roads and high temperatures. But on Capitol Hill, administrators and legislators alike made progress on curbing the kinds of emissions that can lead to those alerts. By Kristin Espeland May 22 Environment A Good Week for the Atmosphere Kristin Espeland
Feb 5 Local News Kentucky Utilities to Pay $1.4M EPA Fine The Environmental Protection Agency has fined Kentucky Utilities one-point-four million dollars for Clean Air Act violations. As WFPL’s Kristin Espeland reports, the KU plant failed install the required pollution controls. By Kristin Espeland Feb 5 Local News Kentucky Utilities to Pay $1.4M EPA Fine Kristin Espeland
Jan 27 Local News Spalding To Host Rubbertown Panel Spalding University will host a panel discussion about industry and pollution in Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood. By Gabe Bullard Jan 27 Local News Spalding To Host Rubbertown Panel Gabe Bullard
Aug 26 Environment PCBs Make Birds Sing Out of Tune Are pollutants causing birds to sing out of tune? By Kristin Espeland Aug 26 Environment PCBs Make Birds Sing Out of Tune Kristin Espeland
Aug 20 Local News Floyd, Clark Counties Don't Meet Soot Standards The EPA says 19 Indiana counties an townships are not meeting federal soot standards; Indiana says it should be only 5. By Kristin Espeland Aug 20 Local News Floyd, Clark Counties Don't Meet Soot Standards Kristin Espeland