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
Jul 19 Environment City Delays Release Of Air Quality Data For Rubbertown Officials have delayed the release of air quality data for the neighborhoods surrounding Rubbertown, where many of the city’s industrial plants are located. By Ryan Van Velzer Jul 19 Environment City Delays Release Of Air Quality Data For Rubbertown Ryan Van Velzer
Nov 9 Environment University of Louisville To Study Health Effects Of Lees Lane Landfill For 35 years, the 112-acre site south of Rubbertown functioned as a municipal dump and a repository for toxic chemicals from nearby industries. By Erica Peterson Nov 9 Environment U of L To Study Health Effects Of Lees Lane Landfill Erica Peterson
Sep 15 Environment Neighbors, Councilmembers ‘Outraged’ Over Approved Toxic Air Modification Regulators say they’ll grant part of a request from a Rubbertown company to modify its toxic air permit, while denying another part of the request. By Erica Peterson Sep 15 Environment Neighbors 'Outraged' Over Approved Toxic Air Modification Erica Peterson
Sep 10 Environment As Rubbertown Company Awaits Decision On Toxic Air Permit, Residents Cry Foul City officials are expected to decide on a request to allow a Rubbertown company to modify the amount of a carcinogen it’s allowed to emit. By Erica Peterson Sep 10 Environment Rubbertown Company Awaits Decision On Toxic Air Permit Erica Peterson
Sep 26 Arts and Culture Banded By Fear: Filmmaker Sheds Light On Toxic Neighborhood In ‘Rubbertown’ “Rubbertown” presents the perspectives of residents who vary in race and class, but all have something in common: they fear their own neighborhood. By Ashlie Stevens Sep 26 Arts and Culture Filmmaker Sheds Light On Toxic Neighborhood In ‘Rubbertown’ Ashlie Stevens
Apr 27 Environment Rally for Safer Chemical Legislation Planned for Tomorrow Residents and community activists are planning an event tomorrow in west Louisville to raise awareness about toxic chemicals. It’s not an accident that the rally is planned on the edge of Rubbertown—where many of the city’s chemical plants are located. Jason Howard of the Kentucky Environmental Foundation says the point of the rally is to […] By Erica Peterson Apr 27 Environment Rally for Safer Chemical Legislation Planned for Tomorrow Erica Peterson
Oct 24 Environment Emergency Alert System To Go Online Friday Louisville’s city-wide emergency alert system should be functional by Friday and residents are now able to sign up to receive notifications of emergencies and weather alerts. Metro government officials first considered implementing an emergency alert system after a March explosion in the Rubbertown neighborhood laid bare the city’s inadequacy in warning residents of emergencies. Now, […] By Erica Peterson Oct 24 Environment Emergency Alert System To Go Online Friday Erica Peterson
Oct 12 Local News Rubbertown Company Fined for Pollution Violations, Secretary of State Announces Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Ken Fleming Calls for Term Limits, $37 Million Retirement Pay for Gannett CEO Criticized: Afternoon Review An aluminum company in Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood has agreed to a settlement with Metro Government in response to several alleged record-keeping and pollution violations. The proposed agreement fines Eckart America $668,250, and sets up a plan to help the company come into compliance with its permit. Kentucky Secretary of State Elaine Walker announced she was […] By Laura Ellis Oct 12 Local News Rubbertown Company Fined for Pollution Violations, Secretary of State Announces Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Ken Fleming Calls for Term Limits, $37 Million Retirement Pay for Gannett CEO Criticized: Afternoon Review Laura Ellis
Oct 12 Environment City Fines Rubbertown Company Over $600,000 for Violations An aluminum company in Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood has agreed to a settlement with Metro Government in response to several alleged record-keeping and pollution violations. The proposed agreement fines Eckart America $668,250, and sets up a plan to help the company come into compliance with its permit. Last May, an explosion caused by aluminum dust at […] By Erica Peterson Oct 12 Environment City Fines Rubbertown Company Over $600,000 for Violations Erica Peterson
Oct 11 Environment City Considers Rubbertown Company Proposal to Switch Away From Toxic Chemical A company in Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood wants to change the chemicals it uses in the production of synthetic rubber. The Air Pollution Control District held a public hearing on the request today. American Synthetic Rubber uses a solvent called toluene to produce rubber, and toluene is regulated as a category 2 toxic substance under the […] By Erica Peterson Oct 11 Environment City Considers Rubbertown Company Proposal to Switch Away From Toxic Chemical Erica Peterson
Oct 10 Environment City-Wide Alert System Should be Functional By Oct. 26 The city-wide alert system to warn Louisville residents of emergencies should be functional in about two weeks. The Florida-based Emergency Communications Network is finished hooking the city into its nationwide network. Metro Government began looking into the possibility of an alert system after an accident in the Rubbertown neighborhood released chemicals and killed two workers. […] By Erica Peterson Oct 10 Environment City-Wide Alert System Should be Functional By Oct. 26 Erica Peterson
Sep 28 Environment Environmental Justice Tour Calls Attention to Pollution in West Louisville The Catholic Passionist community is calling attention to pollution on Louisville’s West End though an environmental justice tour. Several Louisvillians took the tour this afternoon. The trip was organized by the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center, and took participants on a tour of the power plants, chemical factories and waste disposal sites concentrated in west […] By Erica Peterson Sep 28 Environment Environmental Justice Tour Calls Attention to Pollution in West Louisville Erica Peterson
Sep 24 Environment Judge Approves Zeon Settlement for Rubbertown Emissions A $1.5 million settlement between chemical company Zeon and residents who live near the company’s Rubbertown plant was approved by a judge yesterday, despite significant community opposition. The agreement would pay everyone living within a mile of the plant up to $750. Those who live within 1-2 miles will be eligible to receive up to […] By Erica Peterson Sep 24 Environment Judge Approves Zeon Settlement for Rubbertown Emissions Erica Peterson
Sep 21 Local News National Attention for KY Lawmaker’s Opposition to Anti-Bullying Bill; River Fields Denies Delaying ORBP; DuPont Fined for Rubbertown Violations; McConnell Questions Obama’s Ohio Visit: Afternoon Review Profiling a 14-year-old boy who committed suicide after years of alleged anti-gay taunts at school, CNN’s Anderson Cooper covered opposition to bullying legislation in Kentucky by highlighting state Rep. Mike Harmon, R-Danville, who believes homosexuality is a sin. Leaders with the conservation group River Fields rebuffed a resolution introduced in the Louisville Metro Council that […] By Laura Ellis Sep 21 Local News National Attention for KY Lawmaker’s Opposition to Anti-Bullying Bill; River Fields Denies Delaying ORBP; DuPont Fined for Rubbertown Violations; McConnell Questions Obama’s Ohio Visit: Afternoon Review Laura Ellis