Land, Air & Water

Air Quality inspectors follow their noses to cleaner air in Boyd County

By Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet on December 12, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 for Air Quality. In 2014, a steady increase in complaints about foul-smelling air around the Big Run Landfill was received […]

Fighting Kentucky’s wildfires: A great coordinated effort

By Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet on November 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 over Pine Mountain. And you understand. It’s early November and wildfires are consuming thousands of acres […]