Environment

The office was represented among several witnesses at the legislature’s Interim Joint Natural Resources and Energy Committee, which was discussing the implications of new federal rules requiring coal-fired power plants.

Cicadas are the song of the summer, but this year’s large broods may be especially irritating for people on the autism spectrum who have hearing sensitivity.

Fireflies are often reminiscent of childhood summers — but there's so much more to the insect than meets the eye.

Seeing this native species that breeds throughout Kentucky may require some patience since this bird moves rather slowly in the treetops.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects “a record addition” of new utility-scale solar power this year.

Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities want to condemn land in the wildlife corridor that state funding helped buy.

Kentucky is finalizing a ban on hunting feral swine in hopes of slowing their advance.

Last year, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group ranked the Ohio River as the second most endangered river in the country.

A driving force behind many state parks, the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund’s financial resources dwindled recent years.

The EPA says Kentucky will use the $62 million to “expand access to low-income solar through financial assistance models and workforce development programming.”