Re-Forest the Bluegrass still growing strong nearly two decades later
By Lanny Brannock Office of Communications Reforestation today has become a thing to do for citizens across the Commonwealth. Volunteers are able to plant trees, listen to [...]
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Protecting air quality with a unique camera
By Roberta Burnes Division of Air Quality With video by Lanny Brannock Office of Communications A special camera, used by the Kentucky Division of Air Quality (DAQ), is [...]
The Kentucky Division for Air Quality uses top technology to detect Volatile Organic Compounds
Video by Lanny Brannock Division of Air Quality You can’t see them with the naked eye, but they are there. Volatile Organic Compounds, known as VOCs, are present in [...]
Raising the flag for air quality
By Roberta Burnes Division for Air Quality There’s a new flag in the halls of Clark Elementary School. It’s a brightly-colored flag that students in Debbie Stewart’s [...]
Asbestos detectives: Preparing the Capital Plaza Tower for safe demolition
By Roberta Burnes Division for Air Quality Frankfort residents are already staking out the best viewing sites. Because on March 11 the Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort’s [...]
Braving the weather for air data
By Roberta Burnes Division for Air Quality The Kentucky Division for Air Quality (DAQ) operates a network of monitoring stations across the state, each with its own set of [...]
The Division for Air Quality shares best practices with Mongolian visitors on cross-cultural tour
By Roberta Burnes Division for Air Quality The Kentucky Division for Air Quality (DAQ) was delighted to host some international visitors recently – all the way from [...]
Students Design Air Quality Solutions
By the Division for Air Quality When Division for Air Quality educator Roberta Burnes works with students, she often starts with a single question: How do we know if the air [...]
Air Quality inspectors follow their noses to cleaner air in Boyd County
By Roberta Burnes The Division for Air Quality Boyd County residents are breathing easier these days, thanks in part to the work of odor-sniffing inspectors from the Division [...]
Fighting Kentucky’s wildfires: A great coordinated effort
By Lanny Brannock and Carrie Searcy The smell is what you notice first. It smells like a crackling fireplace or a bonfire, but then you see the blanket of blue smoke wafting [...]
