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 […]
Miller Riddell is one of 73 interns learning new skills while getting paid this summer at the Cabinet. He, along with Abbey Bleuel, Jesse Trost, Bella Bailey-Sims, and Jack Koontz, shared what it’s been like to work alongside environmental professionals.