August 3, 2012 at 10:40am
Musicians in southern California got together recently to celebrate the mountains they know and love, and at the same time send a message of solidarity to those fighting to preserve the Appalachian mountains.
August 1, 2012
WYMT News
KFTC Member Rick Handshoe's reaction to the federal judge's ruling against the EPA.
August 1, 2012
Huffington Post
KFTC member Teri Blanton is quoted in this story about the disappointing court ruling against the EPA's water quality guidance.
August 1, 2012
Lexington Herald-Leader
July 31, 2012 at 10:05pm
A federal court judge did not dispute the destruction caused by mountaintop removal and valleys fills or the science behind limiting the water pollution that results, but on Tuesday he did rule that the U.S. EPA overstepped its authority in acting to limit that pollution.
July 31, 2012 at 05:21pm
Building on the successes of the first Community Organizing & Water Testing Training held in Prestonsburg back in May, over 30 people gathered in Whitesburg this past Saturday to learn, share, and grow together. Katie, an attendee who lives a few feet from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Hazard said, "we came here to learn about community building, and in a way that’s really what we did here within this whole group.”
July 26, 2012
Public News Service
Some of Kentucky's largest working-class communities are being put at risk by power plants that are violating national clean air standards, according to a new report from the Sierra Club and the Kentucky Environmental Foundation.
July 19, 2012
U.S. Dept. of Labor
During the first half of 2012, 19 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation's mines. "While 19 is the second-lowest number of mining deaths recorded in mining midyear, we know that these deaths are preventable," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.
July 17, 2012
The Courier-Journal
Some coal operators supposed to provide safe and secure employment for miners instead are piling up life-threatening safety violations — in at least one case as clueless state inspectors found no serious problems at a Harlan County mine. The failures of rogue coal operators are costing communities jobs.
July 20, 2012
iWatch News
The U.S. Geological Survey has found high levels of toxic compounds in soil and water around mountaintop-removal mining sites in central Appalachia, a potentially groundbreaking finding with human health consequences.
