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This is a list of Superfund sites in Kentucky designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Coal-seam fires in Kentucky include the Truman Shepherd fire in Floyd and Knott counties (1400 t/yr CO 2 in 2010), [3] the Ruth Mullins fire in Perry County (726 t/yr CO 2 in 2010), [3] the Old Smokey fire in Floyd County, [4] The Truman Shepherd fire was brought down to less than 66 t/yr CO 2 by 2013 through mitigating actions. [5]
This category includes articles relating to the natural environment of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
A new letter ― signed by EIP, the Kentucky Resources Council, the Kentucky Waterways Alliance and the Kentucky chapter of the Sierra Club ― calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ...
On August 22, 2020, Visa News's article "Martin County, Kentucky’s Water Crisis Isn’t Over. But It Has Changed." provided the most up-to-date summary of the crisis, encompassing not only the progress in water quality issues, but the rising problem of water affordability and the ongoing political issues surrounding the water crisis. [17]
House Bill 136 extends that protection to Jefferson County, the only place in Kentucky where a separate air pollution control district, rather than the state, actively regulates air quality and ...
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet attempted to settle in Franklin Circuit Court in December, 2010 but was denied. [4] The case moved forward to the Kentucky Supreme Court in April, 2012 who agreed with lower court rulings that Appalachian Voices and others were legally supported by the CWA to intervene in the lawsuit against Frasure ...
Köppen climate types in Kentucky, showing that the state is almost entirely humid subtropical. Climate change in Kentucky encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The United States Environmental Protection Agency reports: "Kentucky's climate is ...