Erica Peterson
Environment Reporter
Environment Reporter
I cover the environment, and how it relates to health and energy issues for WFPL, Louisville's public radio station. Before moving to Louisville, I covered environment and state government for West Virginia Public Broadcasting, based in Charleston, W.Va. I have a bachelor degree in psychology from Carleton College and a master's of science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Nearly eight years after Louisville, Kentucky's revolutionary program to reduce toxins in the air was officially implemented, resident Trish Lee still feels the pollution in her own backyard.
Across the country, power plants spew mercury into the air, but it’s hard to make the case for stricter pollution limits without referencing the devastating effects heavy metals have on human health.