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Toxic air continues to kill in Kentucky

Kentucky has the fourth-most toxic air among states, a newly released report found.

Date set for Candidate Training - November 11-13

Along with our allies at Wellstone Action and the PUSHBACK Network, KFTC is hosting a powerful training for people who will be running for public office or playing a major role in a someone else's campaign.

Putting Damaged Land to Good Use

By KFTC member Dan Hofmann (originally published online at www.brokensidewalk.com)

Dan HofmannI was reading an article recently about mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining and got to thinking....

Birth defects higher in areas with mountaintop mining

Conducted by Dr. Melissa Ahern at Washington State University, Dr. Michael Hendryx and other researchers at West Virginia University, the research finds significantly higher rates of birth defects in mountaintop removal coal mining (MTM) areas compared to non-mining areas in Appalachia, for six of seven types of defects.

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