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Ford’s $5.8 Billion EV Battery Plant In Kentucky Powers Up
InsideEVs - Florida
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August 20, 2025
Ford has made huge investments to produce EV batteries in the U.S. Its joint venture with SK On officially kicked off battery production on Tuesday in Kentucky. That facility is making high-nickel battery packs for the Ford F-150 Lightning and...
Federal solar funding canceled as Kentuckians feel burden of summer energy costs
WUKY - Kentucky
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August 20, 2025
In 2023, the Commonwealth created a proposal aimed at reducing participating households' monthly energy bills by up to 20%. It mainly reaches low-income households and communities who do not often have access to renewable energy. Julia Finch,...
Pike Emergency Management director honored
Appalachian News Express - Kentucky
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September 12, 2025
The Kentucky Emergency Management Association recently recognized Pike County’s Emergency Management director and presented him with the “Director of the Year” award. The honor given to Pike County Emergency Management Director Nee Jackson came...
Hotels with very specific concierges, from bourbon to sandcastles
The Independent (U.S.)
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September 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Talking politics, college professor gives thoughts on current climate
WNKY - Kentucky
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August 20, 2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The American political climate is on fire right now as many changes are being made. Western Kentucky University political science professor Jeff Budziak took some time to give his thoughts on the second administration of...
19 states sue the Energy Department over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Government Executive
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August 19, 2025
The attorneys general and governors of 19 states are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable energy and energy efficiency projects across the country. The states filed their lawsuit...
BlueOval SK begins production in Kentucky one week before union vote
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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BlueOval SK began production of electric vehicle batteries at its Kentucky plant. The plant is part of a joint venture with Ford and SK On, and is Kentucky's largest economic development project. Production starts just before a unionization vote...
18 states sue DOE over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Renewable Energy World
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August 19, 2025
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the attorneys general and governors of 18 other states are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable...
Tim Cook Defends iPhone Air Battery, Reveals $600B US Investments
WebProNews
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September 13, 2025
In a rare glimpse into Apple’s post-launch strategy, CEO Tim Cook recently addressed one of the most pressing concerns surrounding the newly unveiled iPhone Air: its battery life. During a visit to Corning’s glass manufacturing facility in...
SK On-Ford JV Launches Commercial EV Battery Production in Kentucky
Business Korea
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August 20, 2025
BlueOval SK, the electric vehicle battery production joint venture (JV) between SK On and Ford Motor Co. of the United States, has initiated its first commercial production. BlueOval SK announced in a press release on Aug. 19 (local time) that...
NBC’s ‘Survival Mode’ to show inside look at eastern Kentucky floods
WNKY - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
(NBC) – On Monday night, NBC’s “Survival Mode” is giving viewers a look into the multi-day rainfall event that hit eastern Kentucky in July 2022. The series, from the producers of Dateline, shows viewers a weekly inside look at some of the most...
Relief at Last as Kentucky and Indiana Prep for Early Autumn-Like Temperatures This Weekend
WOMI 41 - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
Do you want to know how memorable comfortable summers are for me? A group of friends and I went camping on multiple occasions in the summer of 2004. I'll never forget that summer because the average temperature in July, for example, was below...
Pa., 18 states sue federal energy agency over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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August 19, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the attorneys general and governors of 18 other states, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable...
Tick-borne meat allergies on the rise in Kentucky and impacting a wildlife rehab in Bowling Green
WKYU - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
What was once a rare tick-borne illness causing severe allergic reactions to red meat has seen a rapid rise in recent years, impacting as many as 400,000 people across the U.S. Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is caused by infected bites from the lone...
Oregon, 18 states sue federal energy agency over new funding caps on sustainable energy projects
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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August 18, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and the attorneys general and governors of 18 other states are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable energy and energy efficiency projects...
Would Kentucky officials consider a law to punish parents for the gun crimes of their kids?
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
Louisville is desperately looking for ways to get youth violence under control. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Days after Louisville's top prosecutor called on Kentucky lawmakers to pass legislation to hold parents accountable for serious youth crimes, city...
Kerrigan Advisors represents Blue Grass Motorsport in sale of Porsche, Audi and JLR dealerships in Louisville, Kentucky
CBT News - Georgia
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August 18, 2025
Louisville, Kentucky – August 18, 2025 – Kerrigan Advisors, the only exclusive sell-side advisor to auto dealers nationwide, represented Blue Grass Motorsport in the sale of its award-winning Porsche, Audi and Jaguar Land Rover dealership in...
Mark Pope grades his first season as Kentucky head coach: ‘We didn’t get our end result’
On3
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August 18, 2025
Most Kentucky fans would give Mark Pope somewhere around an A grade for his first season as the Wildcats’ head coach, but he doesn’t see it that way. After quickly putting together a roster almost entirely through the transfer portal, Pope led...
Trump wants to shutter Chemical Safety Board. Louisville relies on it
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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On a Monday evening in March 2011, an overpressurized electric arc furnace exploded in Carbide Industries' Louisville plant, ejecting molten calcium carbide at 3,800 degrees Fahrenheit. The debris blew out of the furnace, broke through the...
Jeffers Bend receives $2,500 grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board
Hoptown Chronicle - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
The Pennyrile Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc., a Hopkinsville-based nonprofit that provides environmental education, conservation projects and community events at Jeffers Bend Environmental Center, has received a $2,500 grant for a...