The University of Louisville is hosting the Second Annual Bluegrass Bioneers Conference this weekend. The event is part of the National Bioneers Conference, touted as the leading sustainability and social solutions event in the country. Ben Evans...

Two men who are biking from West Virginia to Mexico stopped in Louisville Friday. James Ploeser and Jamie Trowbridge are making their way to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, which begins in late November.  They say the trip i...

A religious environmental group will discuss coal ash issues Tuesday evening in Shively. Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light will host a panel discussion on two specific issues relating to the ash created when coal is burned. Executive director Tim ...

entucky state government will continue a $200,000 contract it has with a Washington consultant on climate change. Last week, a legislative oversight panel rejected the contract because many members fear the consulting firm is biased against the coal i...

We revisit a two-part series on the experiment. First up, tour an Ohio River Valley power plant that's flipped the switch on a world first in carbon capture and storage - a practice some say is key to slowing the pace of global warming.

Ohio River Valley states and organizations are already lining up to challenge anticipated greenhouse gas regulations in courts around the country. Those cases are likely to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court, and a newly appointed Associate Justice, Elena Kagan, in the next few years.

Beginning in January of 2011, mine operators will have to track and later report how much methane they emit. Methane is 21 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide, and to prevent it from building up underground, mine operators release it into the atmosphere.