Air Quality
LG&E to Shut Down Coal-Fired Cane Run Plant Eight Months Early
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.
LG&E Withdraws Application For Second Ash Landfill at Cane Run
LG&E Withdraws Application for Second Ash Landfill at Cane Run
NASA Scientist Discusses Climate Change, Effect on Kentucky
In increasing numbers, scientists are in agreement that the earth’s climate is changing, and human carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to those changes. A NASA climate scientist was in Louisville this weekend to talk about the growing evidence.
Tell U.S. House members to vote against attack on public health
UPDATE: As expected, H.R. 3409 passed the House by a 233-175 margin. All of Kentucky's representatives except for Rep. John Yarmuth voted to side with polluters and against public health. More info here.
UPDATE: The vote is now likely to take place on Friday, September 21. Please continue to call and email.
Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have taken several of their failed anti-public health, anti-environment bills from the 112th session of Congress and bundled them into H.R. 3409, improperly titled the "Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012."
Presidential candidates and coal
Coal has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, with both candidates touting the benefits of so-called "clean coal."
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