October 15, 2012
WFPL-FM
Louisville Gas and Electric announced that its coal-burning Cane Run Power Plant will be shut down by May 2015, eight months earlier than planned.
October 13, 2012
The Charleston Gazette (WV)
Journalist Ken Ward describes volumes of evidence that recent job layoffs in the Central Appalachian coal industry are the result of declining coal reserves and stiff competition from cheap natural gas, not EPA regulations. He notes that overall coal production in the region is projected to drop by half by the end of this decade.
October 12, 2012
MakingConnectionsNews.org
This powerful interview with a recently laid off miner from Letcher County, KY is something everyone should hear.
October 5, 2012 at 02:42pm
The new Wildnerness Trace chapter of KFTC invites you to join them at the Vice Presidential Debate Festival in Danville on Thursday, October 11, 2012.
KFTC members will be speaking on the issues we work on that are important to the national debate--either because they're being addressed or have been ignored and need to be heard.
If you come to join us for the day, please wear your KFTC t-shirt if you have one, or any bright green shirt. We want to stand out in the crowd!
4:30 pm -- KFTC Speakers at the Speakers' Park
Introduction to KFTC and local organizing -- Wilderness Trace Chapter members
Economic Justice: Tax and Budget Issues -- Dana Beasley Brown
Voting Rights -- Tayna Fogle
Coal & Energy -- Carl Shoupe
September 27, 2012 at 07:51pm
It wasn't just another quiet day at the office at the Joe Craft Center at the University of Kentucky on September 13. The early afternoon clicking of keyboards and polite hallway helloes was banished by the bursting of pro-democracy, clean energy chants.
September 25, 2012
Floyd County Times
September 19, 2012 at 03:48pm
When people stop you at the dentist's office a week later to tell you how wonderful your annual meeting was, you can probably safely label it a success.
A group of KFTC members in Shelby County have been meeting together for several months and plan to petition at the statewide membership meeting in October to officially become a chapter.
In the meantime, 30 people enjoyed food, music and fun at the first Shelby chapter annual meeting September 10. Two of our members, Ann Ellerkamp and Gina Rose, catered the celebration for us at no charge and really outdid themselves with sweet and sour meatballs, meat and veggie wraps, stuffed dates, fresh fruit and veggies with dips and hummus, brie, brownies and cupcakes.
Shelby County poet Gail Chandler read several of her poems, evoking both her Kentucky childhood and her recent experiences helping people in Africa.
September 12, 2012
MakingConnectionsNews.org
Terry Creech is a second generation commercial apple grower in Harlan County, KY. A former coal miner, Creech says apple growing is demanding work but he loves seeing the sky above his head everyday.
September 10, 2012 at 02:44pm
On Saturday, Floyd County members Rick Handshoe and Beverly May hosted a group from Church of the Epiphany in Louisville. The group learned about mountaintop removal earlier this year when Father John Rausch spoke at their church and wanted not only to experience it firsthand but to hear stories of people living with the effects every day.
September 4, 2012
Lexington Herald-Leader
