Reporter Erica Peterson will join Louisville Public Media on May 23rd. In addition to her role as Managing Editor of ORRC, she'll report on the environment for WFPL News in Louisville.

The first guilty plea has been entered in the federal criminal case that was launched after last year's Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear spent part of Thursday visiting mountaintop removal coal mining sites in Eastern Kentucky. Beshear’s trip was the fulfillment of a promise he made to a group of activists who staged a protest in his office in February.

Can we burn coal more cleanly? Can we get off of it? A new American RadioWorks documentary goes back to the roots of our addiction to coal, and shows how our fuel choices changed American culture and history.

The Indian Head Rock is back home in Kentucky. The eight ton boulder was pulled from the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky three years ago, starting a saga that caught national attention. The Commonwealth of Kentucky sued, and an agreement was eventually reached to return the Indian Head Rock to the other side of the river in Greenup County.

Wind energy is growing by leaps and bounds in Indiana. The state ranks 12th in terms of the amount of installed wind power. Now, two schools in Union City are getting in on the action.

Harmful algal blooms are getting worse because of agricultural run-off and, possibly, global warming.

Top banks are cutting funding to mountaintop removal coal mining projects.

The Tennessee Coneflower, a species of echinacea, has been on the Endangered Species List for more than 30 years. Today, it's coming off.

Get the dirt on your dirt, and hear from Growing Power's Will Allen and Louisville's Gary Heine.