General Assembly
Raise Your Voice for Clean Energy in Kentucky!
Kentuckians are ready to reap the benefits of clean energy. Energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions are already working in Kentucky to reduce energy costs, create jobs and improve our health and well-being. But new policies are needed before we can realize the full benefits of this transition.. We can't afford for Kentucky's workers, families and businesses to be left behind as other states ramp up their investments in one of the fastest growing sectors of our national economy.
Voting Rights amendment passes out of the House. Your support is still needed
Last week House Bill 70, our Restoration of Voting Rights amendment passed out of the state House of Representatives by a huge margin of 78-18. There is a lot of momentum behind this bill, thanks in large part to our members who have been up to Frankfort or made calls, lobbying their representatives every week since the legislative session began.
KFTC members bring pinwheels and love to Frankfort
As we do each February, KFTC members brought some love for the mountains to Frankfort on Valentine's Day along with 1,200 homemade pinwheels in a rainbow of colors.
The pinwheels represented the 60,000 additional cases of cancer that studies have linked to mountaintop removal mining. The pinwheels also symbolized the hope of clean energy alternatives.
Rain doesn't dampen I Love Mountains enthusiasm
More than 1,200 KFTC members and clean energy advocates were at the state capitol on Tuesday, Valentine's Day, for the annual I Love Mountains Day. It was a great turnout despite the cold and wet day, and people brought high energy and strong commitment to protecting Kentucky's mountains and helping move Kentucky to a clean energy economy.
Speakers Steve Boyce, Ada Smith, Teri Blanton, Cody Montgomery, Randy Wilson and Stanley Sturgill called out many of the people inside the buildings on the capitol grounds -- from the governor to legislators -- who are responsible for the destruction of the mountains, the poisoning of the streams and working conditions for miners that are more dangerous than they need to be.
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