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A controversial bill to claw back state regulations over thousands of acres of Tennessee wetlands advanced with no debate in a House committee Wednesday, keeping the proposal alive even after it was shelved in the state senate.
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A controversial bill to roll back protections on more than 430,000 acres wetlands in Tennessee has been effectively defeated, with a senate committee voting Wednesday to send the measure to a legislative study session over the summer.
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Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Kentucky Division for Air Quality led a meeting in far western Kentucky on Tuesday to inform Calvert City residents about long-term health risks caused by chemical emissions in the area.
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Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that a newly completed scanning facility at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant will allow for safer handling and disposal of old processing equipment used in the site’s ceased uranium enrichment operations.
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A pair of western Kentucky families have filed a lawsuit against a Calvert City chemical manufacturer in the aftermath of an environmental report that revealed air emissions at the plant created an elevated risk of cancer in the immediate area.
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A stocking program on the Tennessee side of Kentucky Lake has seen thousands of larger, non-native Florida bass introduced to the waterway. Recreation and tourism officials think the fish will make for better, bigger sportfish, but Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials warn the species will be negatively impacted by the region’s winters.
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State lawmakers are considering a rollback of protections for nearly half a million acres of wetlands in Tennessee, a proposal that is raising concerns over its potential to worsen flooding, deplete and degrade drinking water and impact hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation.
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A recent air monitoring study near a far western Kentucky industrial complex has revealed a rise in harmful emissions and an increased risk of cancer for area residents.
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Climate plans are a part of federal grant competition to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions
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Nearly half of Tennessee is in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Local governments use federal funds to buy hundreds of homes damaged during last year’s deadly floods.
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Jeffrey Herod, with the Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR), said the fish have been plaguing area waterways for decades after being brought into the area to control algae in wastewater treatment facilities.