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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EnvironmentKentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says he’ll again sue the Environmental Protection Agency over new federal carbon dioxide rules. The Clean Power Plan…
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EnvironmentClimate change will begin to have a demonstrative effect on Kentucky’s economy within five years.This is the conclusion from a report released Tuesday by…
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EnvironmentKentucky’s coal production and employment dropped only slightly in 2014, but sharper declines are likely in the future.The Kentucky Energy and Environment…
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Mining companies can’t sue individual government inspectors for damages, according to a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued…
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Speculation has begun in Eastern Kentucky about a potentially large reserve of oil and natural gas trapped about two miles underground. If the Rogersville…
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EnvironmentA partnership between the local utility and state and federal government will build Kentucky’s largest solar array at Fort Campbell.The solar array will…
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EnvironmentDespite the fact that the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline has been suspended, the company behind the project is appealing a circuit court decision that found…
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Kentucky has long been known for coal. But a new project unveiled Monday has the potential to let the commonwealth also be known for coal technology.A…
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EnvironmentThe Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions—like carbon dioxide –from existing power plants next…
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EnvironmentOver the past month, opposition to a proposed natural gas liquids pipeline that would run through Central Kentucky has been growing. Four counties have…