AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoPaducah AI data center fight: Gov. Andy Beshear says he wasn’t briefed on the DOE’s July 29 plan to redevelop the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant into a $100B AI campus, raising questions about power, environmental impacts, jobs, and taxes; DOE says it notified Beshear’s office as “standard practice,” while the project is slated for Brookfield to develop/operate and NextEra to build energy infrastructure pending PSC approval. Local pushback on data centers: A separate legal battle is brewing in Cave City, where Kentucky Industrial Alliance is suing over a 12-month moratorium that it says was aimed at blocking its hyperscale “Cave Point” project. Conservation win: Dr. James “Greg” Kuhns of Bullitt County received Kentucky’s 2026 Leopold Conservation Award for improving soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat on working land. Wildlife & hunting updates: Kentucky Fish and Wildlife announced dove quota hunts (applications Aug. 3–21; hunts Sept. 1 and Sept. 5) and shared that black bears are showing up more often in Fayette County, including a recent camera sighting. State planning: KYTC opened public comment on the draft 2026 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for Aug. 1–30.
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