climate change

Across Tennessee, landfills are emitting methane. Cement factories, which support the concrete industry, produce massive amounts of carbon dioxide. Airports, steel plants and the oil refinery in Memphis are big emitters.

The head of Kentucky’s judicial branch of government addressed members of the General Assembly for the final time Thursday, capping off a 14-year stint leading the commonwealth’s Supreme Court.

Climate change is partly responsible for historic floods that killed 39 and devastated communities in eastern Kentucky.

Biden praised the emergency response, including FEMA, which currently has more than 700 federal emergency officials on the ground in the region trying to help people displaced by the flood.

Five elected Kentucky officials have written a letter objecting to the use of environmental, social and governance factors in the state’s credit score.

The public comment period for next steps at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cumberland Fossil Plant ends on Monday.

The deep and immediate cuts in fossil fuel emissions necessary to curb climate change stand in stark contrast to current Kentucky politics. WFPL Ryan Van Velzer reports.

Kentucky lawmakers want the state to stop doing business with banks that are divesting from the fossil fuel industry.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is facing federal scrutiny about its electricity rates and climate action.

Tornado outbreaks are growing larger, with more tornadoes in each outbreak, and they’re moving into Kentucky more frequently as a result of climate change.