Water Quality
Make your voice heard at I Love Mountains Day: Special youth essay contest!
Make your voice heard at I Love Mountains Day
Special youth essay contest!
We know that young Kentuckians care deeply about our mountains and mountain communities. This year, we want to make sure their voices are heard loud and clear at Kentuckians For The Commonwealth’s I Love Mountains Day at the state capitol.
Kentuckians Step In When Coal Companies Falsify Water Reports
KFTC's litigation case against Frasure Creek and ICG mining companies is highlighted in Equal Voices News. Equal Voices News is published by
Finally, a victory against mountaintop removal
This article reviews a recent court settlement in which Patriot Coal agreed to phase out large scale surface mining operations in West Virginia and decommission its enormous draglines so they cannot be used in other locations in Central Appalachia.
Big News: Patriot Coal to phase out surface mining
From our friends at the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition:
Today, November 15, in federal court in Huntington, W.Va., Patriot Coal Corporation announced its intention to immediately begin phasing out all large scale surface mining in Appalachia. The announcement follows an historic agreement with the Sierra Club, OVEC and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, so ably represented by attorneys from Appalachian Mountain Advocates.
Energy efficiency, wind and gas could replace obsolete coal plants and provide affordable, reliable electricity
As much as 18 percent of the country’s coal generating capacity should be considered for closure because the electricity it produces will be more expensive than energy from lower cost natural gas or wind power, according to a new independent analysis
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