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“FACES of Coal” infests EPA hearing

May 11, 2011 – 4:45 pm

Pro-mountaintop removal mining front-group FACES of Coal was in Washington, D.C., today to do what they do best: Lie their pants off! May 11 – Washington, D.C.– Today the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment conducted a second day of hearings on the EPA’s regulatory guidance on surface mining and the economic impacts of EPA’s [...]

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Mitch McConnell wants you to drink mercury and breathe sulfur dioxide to “create new jobs”

March 31, 2011 – 10:45 am

While much of the mainstream media has been slobbering over Sen. Rand Paul’s Fake-Presidential Campaign & Book-Hawking Tour 2011, his reptoid counterpart in the senate, Mitch McConnell, has been working tirelessly to pass amendments to the Clean Air Act in order to make the air we breathe dirtier, more dangerous and more akin to his [...]

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In defense of Kentucky mountains

February 21, 2011 – 9:12 am

A few days after hundreds of protestors marched on the state capitol and camped out at Gov. Steve Beshear’s capitol office in a demonstration against mountaintop removal, members of Congress passed a spending bill that significantly weakens the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate the mining practice. The legislation cuts $61 billion from the federal [...]

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Ashes to (coal) ashes, dust to dust…

September 21, 2010 – 12:42 pm

This Thursday, Kentucky’s most-beloved (and contentious (not to mention life-threatening)) source of cheap power will be laid to rest. Organized by the Jefferson County chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, A Mighty Kindness and Kentucky Heartwood, a “Funeral For Old Power: Declaring an end of an era and the birth of a renewable future” will [...]

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Enviro-groups sue EPA over water regulations

September 10, 2010 – 1:52 pm

A consortium of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit today against the Environmental Protection Agency contesting the EPA’s failure to decide on Kentucky’s water quality rules. The consortium — comprised of the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and the Sierra Club — filed the suit in order to force the EPA’s hand on Kentucky’s [...]

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Ky. named 4th worst in nation for coal plant health impacts

September 10, 2010 – 11:33 am

The nonprofit Clean Air Task Force released a report today naming the Bluegrass State the fourth worst in the nation for negative health impacts related to pollution emitted from coal burning power plants. The report, dubbed “The Toll from Coal,” found that Kentucky ranks fourth in terms of “deaths attributed to coal plant emissions of [...]

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KFTC member graces “Countdown”

August 17, 2010 – 11:52 am

On last night’s Countdown with Giant Liberal Forehead Keith Olbermann, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth member Teri Blanton responded to Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul’s recent pro-coal statements. Blanton — whose brother, Ricky, died in a mining accident in 1999 — is introduced at the 3:15 mark. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news [...]

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Topless Judd jeered by pro-coal golfers

July 9, 2010 – 1:05 pm

Yes, this headline is accurate. A poster featuring the Kentucky native sans shirt was displayed at a Prestonburg golf course with the dual intentions of (1) ridiculing her staunch environmentalism and (2) getting more people to buy memberships at the gold course because, hey, look: boobs! Via HuffPost: “Ashley Judd makes a living removing her [...]

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EKPC’s Smith coal plant under review

June 24, 2010 – 3:19 pm

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has announced that it will review the cost and the need for Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative’s proposed coal-fire power plant in southern Clark County, Kentucky because, for all intents and purposes, it’s a bad idea. Here’s a summary of the actions taken by the PSC, via press release: Opened an [...]

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Public comments for LG&E ash pond due today

June 18, 2010 – 11:26 am

Unless you like the idea of Louisville Gas & Electric adding a few million cubic yards of coal ash to your fair and beloved River City, take a few moments out of your oh-so-busy Friday to send an email to Jeff Pratt, Acting Branch Manager for the Kentucky Division of Solid Waste, and tell him [...]

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