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More Kentucky counties hit pause on data centers
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (1105+ words) Daviess Fiscal Court recently voted to approve a 12-month moratorium on data center development while it studies impacts and potential protective ordinances. Daviess County Judge-Executive Charlie Castlen said he hadn't heard of the term "hyperscale" before. That is until news…...
UK scientist trying to solve state's white oak mystery
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (709+ words) LEXINGTON " Sybil Gotsch'has spent her career climbing trees in some of the world's most remote rainforests " from Costa Rica to Brazil to Mexico. Now, one of the hardest questions in her career is rooted in Eastern Kentucky. ' Sybil Gotsch, second…...
Kentucky will be impacted by relaxing of wastewater rules at coal-ash sites
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (521+ words) The Mill Creek Generating Station off U. S. 31 W in the Kosmosdale area of southern Jefferson County is one of Kentucky's largest coal-fired power plants. A proposed rollback of wastewater emissions limits from coal-fired power plants could have a larger impact in…...
Lakes are full despite continuing drought conditions
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (734+ words) Ben Heath is in the River Forecast Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Despite a severe drought that has plagued the area since late last year, the Kentucky and Barkley lakes are full, says Ben Heath, the operations support manager for TVA's…...
Major Cluster Of Data Centers Inhabit Northern Virginia
4+ week, 2+ day ago (130+ words) Kentucky New Era In an aerial view, the IAD71 Amazon Web Services data center is shown on July 17, 2024 in Ashburn, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, according to a report this year cited in published…...
UK researchers tackle hidden crisis in modern pig production
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (346+ words) LEXINGTON - University of Kentucky reproductive biologist is leading an ambitious four-year study to investigate one of the most pressing, yet largely invisible, problems facing the American swine industry: the mismatch between how many piglets modern sows conceive and how many…...
Drought conditions expand across Kentucky
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (315+ words) Despite some areas of Kentucky receiving rain this week, drought conditions have worsened in the commonwealth. That's according to the weekly U. S. Drought Monitor report issued Thursday. Only 4. 37 percent of the state has no drought condition, all in Northern Kentucky. That…...
UK researcher works to sharpen RNA-based defense against armyworms (copy)
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (304+ words) LEXINGTON " A University of Kentucky'Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment'researcher is leading a new project that could help farmers fight some of agriculture's hardest-to-control insect pests with a method designed to hit the target and leave other insects alone....
UK researcher works to sharpen RNA-based defense against armyworms
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (304+ words) LEXINGTON " A University of Kentucky'Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment'researcher is leading a new project that could help farmers fight some of agriculture's hardest-to-control insect pests with a method designed to hit the target and leave other insects alone....
101st Airborne Division tests next-gen drones
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (356+ words) FORT CAMPBELL " The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) tested their ability to integrate unmanned aircraft systems to support ground forces during a live-fire exercise on March 12. Drones are a great tool for over the hill reconnaissance," said Spc. Basil Holland, an…...