Water Quality
Handshoe comes to capitol for answers
His house sits on land owned by his family for more than 200 years, yet Ricky Handshoe says, “I’m basically homeless.”
Handshoe visited the state capitol Tuesday looking for help from Larry Bond, chief of staff to Gov. Steve Beshear, on the same day President Barack Obama said it is time to deal with changes to climate caused by carbon emissions.
Appalachian residents heard in report to the United Nations
The voices and stories of Appalachian residents, including KFTC members, were shared recently with the United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
Land Reform Committee Meeting
This will be a meeting to develop a 12-18 month strategy to cleanup and protect the streams, rivers and lakes of eastern Kentucky. We'll review state and federal laws and regulations and build an organizing plan to get better enforcement.
Utilities Switch Off Investment in Fossil Fuel Plants
Decreased demand for electricity, lower carbon prices and the competitiveness of renewable forms of energy are making new fossil fuel plants a bad investment decision in Europe. What does this mean for the United States?
Energy for Change rally draws more than 2,000
KFTC members joined more than 2,000 others in Louisville on Thursday for the Energy for Change: Interfaith Action for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities rally.
"It matters little where we live … dirty energy is polluting our air and water," said Mark Steiner of Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light told the crowd, many of whom were in Louisville from across the country for the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly. "Dirty energy is making us and making our children sick."
Activist Tim DeChristopher said he grew up in West Virginia where people live with "fear under the oppression of the coal industry." But he was able to overcome his fear "when my actions aligned with my sentiments.
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