April 12, 2010 at 08:00pm
This blog post was written by Jefferson County KFTC member Beth Bissmeyer.
March 31, 2010 at 08:00pm
March 31, 2010 at 08:00pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made a major announcement today that will lead to much greater protection for streams in Appalachia's coal-producing region.
Guided by a growing body of science, EPA will propose water quality standards that could have the effect of prohibiting most valley fills associated with mountaintop removal mining.
March 24, 2010 at 08:00pm
KFTC and the Sierra Club have put the Frasure Creek Mining company on notice for destroying streams at three mountaintop removal coal mines in eastern Kentucky without permits to do so. The Notice gives the company 60 days to correct the violations or face legal action from the groups.
March 24, 2010 at 08:00pm
KFTC member Mimi Pickering of Whitesburg has a great article in the Daily Yonder about the Scotia Mine disaster of 1976, in which 26 miners died in two explosions within two days. Pickering recently joined families and friends of the dead miners at the unveiling of a memorial in Oven Fork in Letcher County.
March 23, 2010 at 08:00pm
March 23, 2010 at 08:00pm
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as the health care reform bill, that passed at the federal level on Sunday, expands support to victims of black lung disease. The provisions included reverse major cuts to black lung benefit eligibility made during the Reagan administration.
March 17, 2010 at 08:00pm
KFTC member Jim Welch hosted 5 students from Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and 2 KFTC Central Kentucky chapter members to fly over mine sites in Perry and Harlan counties on Friday, March 12, 2010. 
March 17, 2010 at 08:00pm
The community of Caney (also known as Stevens Branch) in Floyd County got the opportunity March 15 to air their concerns about proposed mining before federal and state mining officials.
