Tag Archives: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

The EPA wants you (to comment on coal waste impoundments)!

Today is the last day for public comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed coal ash regulations, which will have an impact on communities as far away as Hazard, Kentucky and as close as the Rubbertown neighborhood of this fair (and polluted) River City. If you haven’t already, click here to give your two cents [...]

EPA hears coal ash comments as MTR protest gets buried

Yesterday, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency listened to 11 hours worth of testimonies delivered by concerned citizens, environmental activists and pro-coal industry-types to aid the EPA in its adoption of new regulations for the toxic byproducts generated by the burning of coal (i.e. coal ash, fly ash, slurry, et al.). That this hearing took [...]

Ashes to (coal) ashes, dust to dust…

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 [...]

Enviro-groups sue EPA over water regulations

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 [...]

KFTC member graces “Countdown”

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 [...]