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The Middle East is the most water-scarce region in the world, but participants at an upcoming climate summit in Dubai will be ensconced in a resort with one of the world’s largest water parks, complete with artificial lagoons, encounters with dolphins and a mesmerizing aquarium with sharks, sting rays and schools of fish. It’s a…

The United Arab Emirates is hosting a United Nations-backed climate summit next week

Juxtaposition: Opulent resort hosts climate summit in Dubai | 2022-03-26 19:30:00

In Simpson County, Lt. Gov. Coleman awarded:$501,902 to the City of Franklin to rehabilitate 125 manholes and replace waterlines along Morgantown Road and U.S.-31W North; and$180,174 to the Simpson County Water District to replace 43,000 feet of waterlines to improve service to 93 households.

Joined by local leaders, Governor Andy Beshear made stops in the region to announce funding for water and sewer improvements. The funding comes from h...

Somerset 106.1 was on site today at the Pulaski County Courthouse for this announcement: Today, Gov. Andy Beshear awarded $3,367,297 for infrastructur...

In a series of ceremonies Monday, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman awarded $2,771,935 to Breckinridge, Grayson and Meade counties for water infrastructure, according to a news release.

On March 1, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman held a meeting at Hazard City Hall during which she awarded $4,717,104 in funding to Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Owsley, Perry and Wolfe

The World Bank Group’s Roadmap for Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which runs from 2021 to 2025, aims to drive climate action and a green recovery in the region. MENA is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, enduring extremely high temperatures, desertification, water scarcity, degraded marine, coastal ecosystems, and high levels of fossil fuel dependency.  The roadmap outlines four key transformation areas to build low-carbon, resilient societies: 

Beshear said the grants were a testament to bipartisanship, and repeatedly said his goal was to see the state move "not right or left, but forward."