Erica Peterson
Erica reports on environment and energy issues for WFPL, which run the gamut from stories about the region’s biodiversity to coal mine safety and pollution issues. In the name of journalism, she’s gone spelunking, tagged mussels and taste-tested bourbon. Erica moved to Louisville in June 2011 from Charleston, West Virginia, where she worked for the state’s public radio and television affiliate. Besides Kentucky and West Virginia, she’s lived in New Jersey, Minnesota and Illinois. She lives with her husband and son in Louisville.
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Kentucky regulators are looking for proposals to spur economic development on Appalachia’s abandoned surface mines.Two state cabinets — the Cabinet of…
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The Kentucky Public Service Commission has scheduled meetings in Louisville and Lexington for the public to weigh in on plans by utilities Louisville Gas…
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The state's coal industry is shrinking fast; more than 10,000 workers have lost their jobs since 2008. A small firm in eastern Kentucky is turning unemployed coal workers into software developers.
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Kentucky’s coal industry continued its freefall in the first quarter of this year, according to data released Monday by the state Energy and Environment…
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Kentucky’s largest utility company has unveiled the commonwealth’s largest solar plant.The 10-megawatt solar array is located at Louisville Gas and…
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Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities are unveiling the company’s first solar array Tuesday. The solar array was approved in 2014 by state…
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Anything is possible, but it seems unlikely that a Senate bill to abolish state mine safety inspections will pass the General Assembly this year.…
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A new documentary explores the Welsh experience and what lessons it could hold for Appalachia.
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The future of a baby gorilla born yesterday at the Louisville Zoo is unknown after its mother died earlier today from complications with the birth.Gorilla…
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The pipeline company Williams officially put the project on hold in April 2014 amid grassroots opposition.