WJCCTF - Press Room

Rubbertown Blues
By Kevin Rayburn - 2005
One west Louisville resident complained of eye-watering noxious odors in his house. Another claimed she smelled paint-like fumes rising from her basement.

Collaborative approach is working in Louisville
By Bill Theobald - February 23, 2004
In Louisville, Ky., millions of dollars are being dedicated to help people near industrial plants that emit dangerous air toxics. In-depth air and health studies have been done. More studies are planned.

Chemicals exceed levels seen as safe
By James Bruggers - May 12, 2003
Louisville-area residents are being exposed to toxic chemicals in concentrations up to hundreds of times higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers safe, according to a Courier Journal analysis of neighborhood air sampling data.

Coleman's Voice brings energy, all sides agree
By James Bruggers - October 27, 2003
Staging protests and using other bullhorn tactics, the Rev. Louis Coleman has become Louisville's loudest environmentalist. For 13 years, Coleman has been calling for community attention to pollution in western Louisville Jefferson County, especially in the Rubbertown area.

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