Environment

It can be more than 10 degrees hotter in parts of Louisville that lack grass and trees. This week Louisville announced a $12 million federal grant to combat urban heat in underserved areas and improve the city’s tree canopy.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission approved a special contract allowing a cryptomining facility in Pike County to receive discounted electricity from Kentucky Power, even though the utility won’t have the capacity to meet existing customers’ demand in 2026.

What are your plans for when the lights go out? September is National Preparedness Month. Kentucky emergency management has this reminder on how to best prepare for disasters.

Lower humidity feels great, but can be a problem, too. Learn more in the latest edition of "Science Behind the Forecast."

Six weeks ago, city officials got people’s attention when they said they planned to do a controlled burn of the house at 6213 Applegate Lane. A new plan does not involve burning it down.

It’s been about a decade since Louisville Metro learned it had one of the fastest growing urban heat islands in the country. The risks disproportionately impact historically marginalized neighborhoods. Experts say the city has the chance to become a national leader at combating the problem, but an LPM News analysis finds it could take a century or longer at the current pace.

State and Congressional officials toured environmental restoration projects along the Ohio River in Louisville on Wednesday. Environmental advocacy groups hope the projects can provide a model for improving water quality across the region.

The Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District donated $200,000 to the Louisville Water Foundation. That funding will go toward helping residents who struggle to pay their water and sewer bills.

Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities implemented rolling blackouts for more than 50,000 customers on the coldest day of the year last winter. At the time, they blamed the forced outages on a natural gas supply disruption, but new testimony reveals coal power failed too.

New data shows that more than 1,500 miners have been diagnosed with a deadly lung disease linked to toxic silica dust found in coal mines — and Kentucky clinics may be seeing the most cases. After years of inaction, federal mine regulators are finally proposing to crack down on silica dust exposure, but will it be enough?