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 [...]
Testing
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 [...]
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 [...]
How brownfields recovery are transforming the bluegrass state
By Staff The Energy and Environment Cabinet The once-bustling G.E. incandescent lightbulb factory at 200 West Loudon Ave. in Lexington had shut down in 2010 becoming an [...]
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 [...]
HAB viewer and scientific research helps Kentuckians steer clear of harmful algal blooms
By Lanny Brannock and Melissa Miracle Department for Environmental Protection The phone rang in the office of the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection. Louisville [...]
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 [...]
Learning with lichens
By Roberta Burnes Division for Air Quality What can forests tell us about the air we breathe? On a misty October morning, a group of people gathered in the shadow of Pine [...]
Lessons on lead- keeping Kentucky’s water safe
By Lanny Brannock Department for Environmental Protection Three public employees in Flint, Michigan are facing criminal charges in what’s becoming one of the largest public [...]
