Water Quality
Beshear administration rushing to weaken water quality standard for selenium
Today in Frankfort, a group of lawmakers will consider a rushed proposal from Kentucky’s Division of Water to significantly weaken the water quality standard for selenium pollution. This is a big deal. Your help is needed to stop this proposal in its tracks.
CKY lobby training was a success
The Central Kentucky chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth had their monthly chapter meeting on January 17th at 7 p.m. with 24 members in attendance. The chapter meeting focused on a lobby training for members and an opportunity to meet the new Central Kentucky organizer Beth Howard. The lobby training focused on topics such as how a bill becomes a law, what grassroots citizen lobbying looks like, and what bills KFTC members will be actively suporting during the 2013 general assembly. Members also came together to make Valentine’s Day cards for Governor Steve Beshear to be delivered on I Love Mountains Day on February 14th. The valentines urge the governor to do more to protect Kentucky's air, water, mountains and communities.
Consider health impacts of mining, U.S. Army Corps told
A coal company's plans to destroy 3.5 miles of streams in the Lotts Creek area of Knott County should have drawn scrutiny for its potential health impacts on nearby residents, attorneys for those residents, KFTC and the Sierra Club argue in a motion for summary judgment filed Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging those plans.
KFTC and Allies Mourn the Passing of Mountain Advocate Joan Mulhern at EarthJustice
KFTC and allies mourn the passing of ally Joan Mulhern at EarthJustice. Joan worked tirelessly as an advocate for clean water and justice for the people of central Appalachia. Joan recently played a key role in bringing hundreds of activists from central Appalachia to Washington DC to deliver a petition to the White House along with a message to end Mountain Top Removal coal mining.
Data Shows Gas is Catching Up to Coal, Even in the Southeast
Coal's share of the nation's electricity generation has been slipping over the past few years; in July, preliminary data suggested for the first time, natural gas and coal both provided the same amount (32 percent) of the U.S.'s electricity.
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