James Bruggers, whose decades of environmental reporting in Kentucky and beyond helped win cleaner air and cleaner water, is dead at 68.

Plastics processed through Louisville's recycling program were sent to a controversial "chemical recycling" plant in Ohio for two years.

Amid rising energy bills, spiking utility disconnections and looming pressure from data centers, Kentucky lawmakers struggled to agree on solutions.

A giant aluminum smelter development, which at one time was considering a site in northeast Kentucky, will instead be built in Oklahoma.

He’s presided over massive changes to Kentucky’s economy, LGBTQ rights, abortion law & more. Who is Robert Stivers? What makes him tick?

Downtown Louisville is rife with parking lots. See a map of the city's "missing teeth."

Louisville's Landbank Authority is selling some abandoned homes for $1 in an effort to improve neighborhoods. Is it working?

Amid deep cuts to CDC staff and programs, trust in the agency is slipping among some Kentucky public health officials.

If enacted, the reported cuts could be a death blow to at least one of Kentucky's largest ongoing economic development projects.

In a letter, Russell Coleman and other attorneys general challenged the harms of climate change, which experts say are "beyond scientific dispute."

Sumedha Rao has led Louisville's sustainability office since 2022. Her exit leaves questions about the city's path forward on pressing climate goals.

A union win at the BlueOval SK battery plant would mark a pivotal victory for organized labor in Kentucky's budding battery industry.

Broadbent Wildlife Sanctuary was in violation of regulations on chronic wasting disease in Meade County, state officials said.

The Chemical Safety Board is still investigating last year's explosion in Clifton. Its proposed closure this year could leave the probe in limbo.

Ford Motor Co. is still betting billions on building electric vehicles in Kentucky, even as the industry loses federal backing.

Chemours "has a history of violating its permit, knows it is violating its permit, and intends to continue violating its permit," the judge wrote.

Erin Glynn, a reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer, had her reporting notebook searched by Secret Service agents during a security …

The project is expected to create about 140 full-time jobs, officials said.

Ambitious plans for Paducah's old gaseous diffusion site could include Kentucky's first nuclear power plant. Steep hurdles likely await.

The Louisville formaldehyde plant bordering a residential neighborhood will have two additional years to comply with toxic air emission rules.

BlueOval SK Battery Park workers in Hardin County will vote on whether to unionize with the United Auto Workers at the end of August. What to know.

The plan to extend the use of coal is notable for a utility that's shifted toward gas, and confirms the fears of some environmentalists.

In some states, tax abatements for data centers have skyrocketed. One researcher said incentives like Kentucky's can be a "very big problem."

Trump budget would slash Appalachian Regional Commission funding. More than 80 organizations and individuals call on Congress to protect the agency's work.

The McAlpine locks are among the busiest in the country, transporting $120 billion in cargo every year.

Decades-old pollution lies beneath two Louisville school properties, spurring concerns about the health of students and staff.

Louisville has wrestled with inadequate tree canopy, particularly in and near downtown, for decades. Officials say better data will help.

Kentucky, still vastly reliant on fossil fuel-fired power plants, has much at stake in the EPA's power plant rulemaking.

Kentucky's recent tornadic activity has shaken long-standing ideas about the state's risk of death and destruction.

As BlueOval SK Battery Park readies for production, worker concerns over health and safety are mounting. The company denies conditions are unsafe.

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President Donald Trump offered to cut coal plants a break on a significant air pollution rule.

As data centers spring up in Kentucky utilities are rushing to provide massive amounts of power — likely from polluting energy sources.

As Kentucky’s climate warms, the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, which in turn produces rainfall — sometimes in massive amounts.

As Kentucky’s climate warms, the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, which in turn produces rainfall — sometimes in massive amounts.

FEMA said it was ending a disaster mitigation program known as BRIC the same day a disaster declaration was announced for all 120 Kentucky counties.

"Copious" rainfall is expected to batter Kentucky and the Ohio River valley in the coming days, forecasters said, risking major flooding.

Compared to some of its neighbors, Kentucky is more reliant on imports from Canada, Mexico and China as a percent of state GDP.

How long tariffs stay in place — and how much relief the federal government provides in the meantime — could decide the fate of some Kentucky farmers.

About 1.5 million Kentuckians rely on drinking water from private wells or public water systems drawing from groundwater.

DOGE terminated leases for more mine safety offices in Kentucky than any other state, a move advocates say comes at the expense of miners' health.

Impacts to trail maintenance, visitor services, facilities upkeep, volunteer coordination and more are expected as forest service staff is cut.