The Old Louisville Demon Leaper’s Mischief In One Of America’s Largest Victorian Neighborhoods
In the late 1800s, tales of a creature that bounds between rooftops emerged in Old Louisville — The Demon Leaper.
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McCuskey Investigates Climate, Environmental Groups Over Alleged 'Deceptive' Acts
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey has launched a broad investigation into many of the state's leading environmental groups, demanding a decade of internal records involving their fundraising and climate change advocacy as part of a probe into “alleged unfair or deceptive acts."
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCommunity, Conservation Groups Ask Courts To Properly Review Challenges To Data Center Permitting
Court challenges by conservation groups to a state air quality permit as well as to redactions in the permit application were dismissed last week on procedural grounds.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBlack Bear Encounters On The Rise, This West Virginia Morning
Black bears now inhabit all 55 counties of West Virginia, and bear encounters are on the rise across Appalachia. Climate change is often a hidden culprit. But state wildlife managers are working to promote peaceful coexistence.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEnvironmental Advocates Skeptical Of Energy Investments
The West Virginia Chapter of Sierra Club has questioned the wisdom of federal loans to extend the lives of six West Virginia coal-fired power plants.
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First Hearing Held In Appeal Of Permit For Tucker County Microgrid Site
At a hearing of the Air Quality Board Wednesday, citizen groups concerned about the facility’s environmental impact sought the release of all redacted information in the permit for a Tucker County microgrid.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUnprofitable Out-Of-State Coal Plants Costing Kentucky Electricity Customers
Behind the rates paid by the companies’ customers is a hidden cost that doesn’t show up on their bills. Customers receive electricity from two aging, out-of-state coal plants that lose a lot of money.
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