Erica Peterson (KPR)
Kentucky Public Radio CorrespondentErica Peterson is a reporter and Kentucky Public Radio correspondent based out of WFPL in Louisville, Kentucky.
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There’s no dearth of research on health disparities in Appalachia. But a newly-formed group of researchers at Virginia Tech says there is a dearth of… -
New numbers from the first two quarters of this year show both coal production and employment are continuing to decline in Kentucky, despite President… -
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes says her office will not release state voter data to President Donald Trump’s election… -
Predicting the imminent arrival of an insect species that could devastate Kentucky’s sweet sorghum crops, the state Department of Agriculture has declared… -
A U.S. House committee has advanced a bill that would send a billion dollars for mine reclamation and economic development in coal communities.The RECLAIM…
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After being name checked in two of President Donald Trump’s recent speeches, a new coal mine opened in Pennsylvania last week. But, while the new mine may… -
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet has agreed to hold off on letting electric utilities transition to the state’s new, relaxed coal ash rules… -
At several power plants around Kentucky, coal ash is mixed with water and stored in gigantic ponds. These ponds typically hold millions of gallons of… -
A board that was ostensibly responsible for reviewing coal miners’ training and reviewing all proposed coal mine safety regulations will hold its last… -
The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy is planting more hemp this year at the school’s Belknap Campus.This is officially the…
