Two Energy and Environment Cabinet employees were among those singled out by Gov. Andy Beshear at the Capitol Rotunda recently as he honored recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Ambassador Awards for their outstanding service to the Commonwealth.
By Robin Hartman and Paulette Akers In October of 2019, about 2000 athletes were poised for the first leg of that year’s Ironman competition, a 1.2-mile downriver swim in the Ohio River. But it never happened. Unsafe levels of nutrient pollution had caused harmful algal blooms (HABs) in […]
By Robin Hartman Source: Rob Blair (EEC) – Map showing pump station distribution, color-coded based on auxiliary power availability. Immediately following the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky in June 2022, power outages or storm damage left 22 drinking water systems and 18 wastewater systems without service. It took […]