On January 13, Kentucky State Representative David Floyd filed House Bill 240, a bill that calls for the establishment of a statewide pipeline safety fund in order to, among other objectives, develop disaster response plans and train local government emergency crews to safely execute these plans. This is the second consecutive year that the 50th District Representative from Bardstown has pushed for the passage of such a bill, with the 2015 version having failed before a House committee.

Pollinators play a vital role in the United States’ economy. Honeybee pollination adds $15 billion in value to agricultural crops in the United States each year. However, over the past two decades, there has been a steady decline in the population of pollinators. Last year, the United States experienced a forty percent decline in bee population overall. In the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a thirty percent drop was reported. The decline is attributed to increased pesticide use and a phenomenon referred to as “Colony Collapse Disorder” where worker bees abandon the queen bee.

On February 9, 2016, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to Obama’s “climate change” agenda. Divided five to four, the Supreme Court ordered the Obama administration not to proceed on the “Clean Power Plan,” which may stall the proposal until after President Barack Obama leaves office next January.

Even though you can survive many days without food and several hours without water, without air you would die within a few minutes. Particularly, air pollution can burn your eyes and nose, which can affect visibility and the ability to breathe. In order to combat pollution in the air, Congress passed the Clean Air Act (hereinafter “the Act”), which gave the federal government the power to limit air pollution in the United States.