Ryan Van Velzer

Louisville Public Media’s former energy and environment reporter will lead statewide politics coverage and manage a collaboration of Kentucky public radio stations.

The new law is likely to make it more difficult for people with disabilities, those experiencing homelessness, low-income families and some veterans to access affordable housing.

The typical residential customer would see their monthly bill increase by $35, or about $420 per year, under a proposed rate increase that Kentucky Power filed with state utility regulators in late June.

Kentucky Republicans have spent the last two years pushing back against corporate environmental, social and governance goals while accepting funds from pro-ESG companies to renovate and expand the party’s headquarters.

A Bullitt County judge ruled in favor of Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities late last month. But Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is appealing the decision that would allow a gas pipeline to be built through conservation lands.

Police say at least five people are dead and several others were transported to University of Louisville Hospital after a shooting on East Main Street on Monday morning.

U.S. Geological Survey Research biologist Todd Katzner said Bernheim’s work helps serve as a foundation for a conservation plan for the eastern population of golden eagles. x4“The work that Bernheim is doing is really critical to understanding where these birds are living, what they are eating,” Katzner said.

PFAS chemicals have been found throughout the Ohio River. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet found the chemicals in 90% of rivers and lakes they sampled and in every fish they tested.

The measure from Republican Rep. Scott Sharp, of Ashland, is the latest push from Republican elected officials to limit the influence of “environmental, social, governance” (ESG) investment practices in the state’s retirement systems."

Among the fees tacked onto your monthly electricity bill, there’s a little-understood charge that allows utilities to automatically pass on the costs they pay for fuels like coal and natural gas.