Apr 22 Environment Unequal: Read WFPL’s Whole Series On Louisville’s Toxic Air Pollution Louisville's toxic air pollution has a disproportionate impact on people of color and lower-income communities. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 22 Environment Unequal: Read WFPL's Whole Series On Louisville's Toxic Air Pollution Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 19 Environment Unequal: What More Can Louisville Do To Improve Toxic Air Pollution? There are lots of people working to improve the city’s air quality: students, scientists, local officials and activists. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 19 Environment Unequal: What More Can Louisville Do To Improve Toxic Air Pollution? Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 18 Environment Unequal: Who Are Louisville’s Top Polluters? From 2008-2017, the risks posed by toxic air pollution in Louisville were higher than U.S. median risks 69 percent of the time. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 18 Environment Unequal: Who Are Louisville's Top Polluters? Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 17 Environment Unequal: How West Louisville Residents Cleaned Up The Air A lot of the progress that's been made to reduce Louisville's toxic air pollution is due to community action in the West End. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 17 Environment Unequal: How West Louisville Residents Cleaned Up The Air Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 16 Environment Unequal: Cancer Risk From Pollution Is Higher In West, South Louisville Neighborhoods The combined emissions of industrial facilities near California Park contribute to the highest cancer risk in Jefferson County. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 16 Environment Unequal: Pollution Cancer Risk Is Higher In West, South Louisville Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 15 Environment Unequal: Despite Progress, Louisville’s Toxic Air Still Mostly Affects Poor, Black Residents Today, more than 80 percent of all the toxic air pollution released in Jefferson County is released in west and south Louisville. By Ryan Van Velzer and Alexandra Kanik Apr 15 Environment Unequal: Toxic Air Still Mostly Affects Poor, Black Louisvillians Ryan Van Velzer and Alexandra Kanik