Kentucky Conservation Committee

05/31/2026

https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-05-21/kentucky-primary-voters-sent-three-incumbent-state-lawmakers-back-home

Political action committees spent big to protect some Kentucky General Assembly incumbents facing primary challengers, but some didn’t survive.

05/30/2026

05/29/2026

ACT! Congress is proposing a 5-year transportation bill that would tax EV drivers more than gas drivers, eliminate the Clean School Bus Program, strip all dedicated charging infrastructure funding, and roll back programs helping freight and ports go electric. Use Plug In America's tool to contact your representative opposing the proposed $130 annual federal EV tax.

The Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, a.k.a. the BUILD America 250 Act, includes a punitive annual fee targeting electric vehicle drivers — a fee that is unfair and economically unsound. Contact your representative today and urge them to vote NO on the BUILD America 250 Act.This bill co...

05/27/2026

"The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to companies that want to convert the dangerous material into fuel for nuclear power plants. If finalized, it would mark the first time the U.S. government has made weapons-grade plutonium available to private companies."

Join KCC and our friends at KFTC for a nuclear field trip as part of Cincinnati's Climate Week on June 13. Details to come, but reserve your spot here:

In 1951, the town of Fernald, Ohio (just outside of Cincinnati) became the host of the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center that refined uranium from 1951 through 1989, becoming one of the nation's most significant radioactive cleanup projects due to contaminated soil, groundwater, and waste. Th...

05/27/2026

TeraWulf, a bitcoin mining company, announced it would be building a hyperscale high-performance computing development site, or a data center, at the EastPark Industrial Park near Ashland. It will be called the Muskie Data Campus.

TeraWulf, a bitcoin mining company, announced it would be building a hyperscale high-performance computing development site, or a data center, at the EastPark Industrial Park near Ashland. It will be called the Muskie Data Campus. EastPark is part of the Northeast Kentucky Economic Development Autho...

05/25/2026

A proposed rollback of wastewater emissions limits from coal-fired power plants could have a larger impact in a coal-dominant state like Kentucky, the latest move by the Trump administration to weaken environmental rules in an effort to boost coal-fired power.

A proposed rollback of federal wastewater emissions limits from coal-fired power plants could have a larger impact in a coal-dominant state like Kentucky.

05/23/2026

Members of KCC may recall us hosting this Mason County citizen group during our Jan. Conference. We are continuing to follow this fight closely in support. “At some point you're going to have to look at it and say you cannot eat data, and you have to have some way to raise food for people. We cannot become dependent on importing all of our food,” said Janet Garrison, who is the treasurer for We Are Mason County Ky., a local grassroots organization created in opposition to the proposal”

The Mason County Fiscal Court approved an ordinance last week that would re-designate thousands of acres of land in northern Kentucky for data center construction.

05/23/2026

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife biologists have confirmed the first detection of Alabama bass hybrids in Kentucky waters at Lake Linville in Rockcastle County.

During routine fisheries surveys, biologists collected two fish initially identified as spotted bass that were later confirmed through genetic analysis to be Alabama bass/spotted bass hybrids. Additional testing is now underway to determine the extent of their presence in the lake.

Alabama bass are native to parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, but outside their native range they can negatively impact fisheries by competing and interbreeding with native bass species. Biologists are especially concerned about potential impacts to Kentucky’s smallmouth bass and spotted bass populations.

Anglers and boaters: Please do not move fish or plants between waterways. Transporting aquatic species can unintentionally spread invasive species and threaten Kentucky’s native fisheries and aquatic resources.

🔗 The Lake Linville discovery: https://fw.ky.gov/News/Pages/Invasive-Alabama-bass-found-at-Lake-Linville-in-Rockcastle-County.aspx
🔗 FAQs about Alabama Bass: https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/AL_Bass_FAQ.aspx

05/22/2026

The Alabama bass have been known to cause devastation in fisheries, and populations of smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass populations have been significantly changed by this species in areas it is foreign to.

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists have found that invasive bass are breeding in Lake Linville.

05/21/2026

Kentucky is experiencing a significant rise in data center proposals. Join KWA to talk about what this means for our Commonwealth! Data Centers In Kentucky: A Community Conversation with KWA/KWN is exactly one week from today.
Our guest speakers are:
🗣️Byron Gary – Attorney with the Kentucky Resources Council
🗣️Hank Graddy – Attorney/We Are Mercer County (KY)
There will be a Q&A session during the online event.
Registration is required to attend.🔗 Click the link in the comments to reserve your spot!