Environment

One of the Republican frontrunners for governor in Kentucky has a track record of undermining policies to combat climate change. It’s a strategy researchers say could hurt the state’s long-term prosperity.

Several changes to Kentucky’s hunting and fishing regulations went into effect last week.

Climate change is making flooding and wind damage from hurricanes more common in the U.S. That means dangerous storms are getting more frequent, even though the total number of storms isn't changing.

Coyote sightings become more common around this time of the year as the coy canines roam in search of mates.

Utilities pushed back against Kentucky lawmakers calling for additional hurdles to prevent the retirement of coal-fired power plants. A Senate committee nonetheless passed the bill Wednesday.

Authorities overseeing the state’s retirement system investments would see their decision-making capacity curtailed under a house bill passed Thursday. The measure is designed to limit the influence of “environmental, social, governance” investment practices.

A bill setting standards to clean up old solar installations when they’re retired passed out of the Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on Tuesday. The rules and laws that govern these companies could help decide the future of solar generation in the state.

Residents and some Letcher County officials say FEMA’s strict regulations about debris removal and infrastructure repair have left large piles of debris and unfinished work throughout Appalachian eastern Kentucky and may have contributed to the damage last weekend.

Researchers at Bernheim Arboretum had been tracking a mated pair of golden eagles for the last few years. But in 2021, Harper, the male, went missing, leaving Athena alone to wander the wilderness… until now.

A measure creating a healthy soils program has been introduced in the state Legislature. It’s at least the fourth time the bill has been proposed.