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- The bourbon industry is potentially hitting its last days Tue, 6 Jun 23, 2:30amFew industries hear the ticking of the environmental doomsday clock quite as loudly as the world-famous, billion-dollar industry tucked into the quiet woods of Kentucky...
- Blackjewel still hasn’t paid many of its coalminers three years on Wed, 21 Sep 22, 8:00pmBlackjewel agreed to cover its coalminers’ back wages, but many of them have yet to receive any funds three years after the company filed for bankruptcy
- Workers sue a tornado-hit candle factory in Kentucky Tue, 21 Dec 21, 7:30amFollowing eight deaths of candle factory workers in a tornado in western Kentucky, the surviving factory workers have filed a lawsuit against their employers...
- SilviaTerra wants to bring the benefits of carbon offsets to every landowner everywhere Sat, 9 Jan 21, 1:33amZack Parisa and Max Nova, the co-founders of the carbon offset company SilviaTerra, have spent the last decade working on a way to democratize access to revenue-generating carbon offsets...
- 'My friends were lied to': will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear? Thu, 24 Sep 20, 5:00pmThe president vowed to help the industry, but it continues shrinking despite his cuts to regulations
- Geothermal-powered education center anchors Louisvilles new Waterfront Botanical Gardens Thu, 27 Feb 20, 6:30amA notorious old landfill in Louisville, Kentucky is being transformed into the new Waterfront Botanical Gardens, a verdant 23.5-acre site designed by architecture firm Perkins + Will. At the heart of the newly opened gardens...
- Laid off and owed pay: the Kentucky miners blocking coal trains Wed, 18 Sep 19, 4:00pmThe protest has endured for more than six weeks, gaining national attention and support from Bernie Sanders
- Black lung disease is still killing miners. The coal industry doesn't want to hear it Thu, 13 Dec 18, 9:00pmToday’s black lung rates are higher than 50 years ago, affecting men as young as their 30s, and in Kentucky, their right to decent health care is being curtailed
- Dr Dust: the man who discovered a hidden black lung epidemic Thu, 13 Dec 18, 9:00pmToday’s black lung rates are higher than 50 years ago, affecting men as young as their 30s, and in Kentucky, their right to decent health care is being curtailed
- Kentucky Noah's Ark Encounter opens amidst severe flooding Sat, 9 Jul 16, 4:26amChristian fundamentalist organization Answers in Genesis' (AiG) just opened their Ark Encounter in Kentucky, and the event was, ironically, greeted with epic flash floods and heavy rain...
- Full-size replica of Noah's Ark pops up in Kentucky Wed, 29 Jun 16, 8:29pmThe project, brainchild of Ken Ham, evolution-denier and president of the Creationist Christian organization Answers in Genesis (AiG), is partially funded by the secular state of Kentucky through sales tax incentives, despite...
- Full-size replica of Noah's ark is Kentucky amusement park's mainstay attraction Wed, 29 Jun 16, 8:29pmThe project, brainchild of Ken Ham, evolution-denier and president of the Creationist Christian organization Answers in Genesis (AiG), is partially funded by the secular state of Kentucky through sales tax incentives, despite...
- OMA unveils plans to transform former tobacco plant into local food hub in Louisville Wed, 25 Feb 15, 1:00amIn an ambitious effort to bring food producers and consumers closer together, OMA has developed a masterplan that consists of all stages in the food chain...
- OMA unveils plans to transform former tobacco plant site into food hub celebrating local food in Louisville Wed, 25 Feb 15, 1:00amIn an ambitious effort to bring food producers and consumers closer together, OMA has developed a masterplan that consists of all stages in the food chain...
- EPA issues new regulations for handling coal ash Fri, 19 Dec 14, 8:31amThe new rules will control coal ash tank sites and monitor new and existing impoundments for contamination of groundwater