Environment

The meeting at Hopkinsville Community College will be the second opportunity for local residents to hear discussion of the regulation proposals and comment on them.

Data centers should be negotiated, not surrendered, by communities that know what they own

After the ordinance unanimously passed, Democratic Woodford County Judge-Executive James Kay told the fiscal court that the court “made it our clear, proactive commitment to Woodford County to keep us being one of the most special places on earth.”

Open daily to the public from dawn to dusk, Jeffers Bend has 41 acres of woodland along the North Fork of Little River.

Gov. Andy Beshear is ordering Kentucky regulators to protect residents and ratepayers from potential harms tied to data centers, including higher utility bills and impacts on air and water.

One environmental attorney warned of ratepayer costs down the road.

Reaction to the first-of-its-kind utility has been mixed.

The crypto mine inside an HES substation came to light during a Community and Development Services public hearing, where residents and utility representatives weighed in about proposed data center zoning regulations.

More than half of the world’s migratory bird species are declining as habitat loss, pesticides, hunting and other threats disrupt their journeys. Scientists say protecting birds across their full migration cycles — and acting before species become endangered — could help reverse those losses.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in April that emergency department visits for tick bites were higher than expected across much of the United States.

One way to protect workers from heat-related injury is through legislation, which so far has proven unsuccessful.

The volunteers were recognized during the annual Benefit for the Bend, which raises money for the environmental center.