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(October 27, 2011) Forest fire season underway in the mountainsREAD MORE at Hazard Herald
(October 27, 2011) Merlene Davis: East End Community Farmers Market is closing on a high note SaturdayREAD MORE at Kentucky.com
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(October 25, 2011) Officials to do new examination of Lees Lane landfillREAD MORE at Courier Journal
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(October 20, 2011) County approves donation for coal rally, policy manual for police forceREAD MORE at Hazard Herald
(October 20, 2011) Student Nominations Sought for Eco-Art ContestREAD MORE at The Department for Environmental Protection
(October 20, 2011) TARC gets $5.1 million for 15 new clean-diesel busesREAD MORE at The Courier Journal
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(October 18, 2011) Snapshots of people at work | Denis Oudard, solar energy championREAD MORE at The Courier Journal
(October 18, 2011) Facebook unveils ’social energy’ appREAD MORE at Mother Nature Network
(October 18, 2011) Food at school’s first Kentucky Proud lunch all produced in the CommonwealthREAD MORE at Hazard Herald
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(October 13, 2011) Louisville Bicycle Club stays fit, enjoys the scenery – and eats
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(October 11, 2011) Lawsuit blames coal company for flooding death in Knox County
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(October 11, 2011) 12 eco-themed Halloween costumes
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(October 11, 2011) A short drive away: Zip line at the Gorge offers thrills close to home
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(October 4, 2011) Report: Green jobs program struggles
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(October 4, 2011) UNITE awarded $500,000 grant to help create healthier communities
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(October 4, 2011) What’s next after the coal’s gone?
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(October 4, 2011) Infographic: How a landfill works
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(October 4, 2011) Pawpaw: Rare fruit inspires passion and taste buds
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(July 31, 2011) EPA finally doing its job in coalfields
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(July 21, 2011) Kentucky Coal Industry Calls New EPA Guidance ‘Overreaching’
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(July 21, 2011) Mayor Bloomberg gives $50 million to fight coal-fired power plants
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(July 21, 2011) Environmental group ranks Kentucky fourth-highest on pollution list
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(July 20, 2011) Appeals panel allows environmentalists to remain in coal case
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(July 15, 2011) EPA begins process for Floyds Fork cleanup plan
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(July 15, 2011) KY Environmentalists Cheer EPA Smokestack Pollution Rules
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(July 14, 2011) New CentrePointe design includes 30-story tower of tube
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(July 14, 2011) Four farmers market businesses snag La Grange retail space
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(July 13, 2011) USDA Finds New Ways To Boost Farm-To-School Programs
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(July 13, 2011)
Oxmoor Farm gives students feast in the great outdoors
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(July 11, 2011) Transportation agencies seek to intervene in River Fields suit
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(July 10, 2011) Berea College campus goes green with Ecovillage
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(June 28, 2011) Marshall County Official Named Fancy Farm Emcee
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(June 27, 2011) Habitat for Humanity donates first “green” home in Lexington
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(June 27, 2011) Louisville Sustainable Living Fair
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(June 23, 2011) Study notes spike in birth defects near mountaintop mining
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(June 23, 2011) China’s `solar city’ rushes to catch power boom
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(June 22, 2011) Learn truth behind myths to stay safe during summer activities
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(June 22, 2011) County bullying Lynch: Coal questioned: tax funds denied
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(June 16,2011) Boil-water advisory in Mount Washington continues Thursday
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(June 16, 2011) Sewer improvements expected to double monthly bills in Clarksville
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(June 16, 2011) Heat, possible severe storms in weekend forecast
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(June 15, 2011) What mushrooms contribute to the world
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(June 15, 2011) Tom Eblen: Revival of Greenville, S.C., could hold lessons for Lexington
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(June 14, 2011) PSC describes to lawmakers legal basis for environmental surcharges
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(June 14, 2011) A City Tries to Slim Down
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(June 14, 2011) Kentucky will raise state gasoline tax by 1.9 cents a gallon on July 1
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(June 14, 2011) New report shows hunger among the working, educated
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(June 10, 2011) Danny Taylor | Energy efficiency a priority
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(June 10, 2011) Louisville’s Flyover Film Festival guests talk films, philosophy
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(June 7, 2011) UK employee’s treadmill desk keeps her fit and alert
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(June 7, 2011) Heat wave brings near-record temperatures, health risks
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(June 6, 2011) Conservationist stops in Lexington during his 6,000-mile muscle-powered trek
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(May 16, 2011) Can downtown Lexington support two groceries?
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(May 16, 2011) Commissioner Richie Farmer proclaims May as Youth Gardening Month in Kentucky
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(May 4, 2011) Economic Studies of Biofuels Paint Opposing Pictures in Gas Price Wars
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(May 4, 2011) Eagle Scouts: Two receive highest honor
Teens from Morehead and Lexington have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout
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(May 4, 2011) GOVERNOR BESHEAR DIRECTS MORE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO ASSIST IN FLOOD RESPONSE EFFORTS
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(Apr. 11, 2011) Brown icon going green
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(Apr. 11, 2011) Valvoline Mobilizes Commitment to ‘Green’
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(Mar. 6, 2011) GOP, senators digging in for coal
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(Mar. 4, 2011) Wild & Scenic Film Fest Tomorrow!
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(Mar. 3, 2011) Commentary: Coal industry has been protected by Kentucky politicians for years
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(Mar. 3, 2011) McConnell, Paul push for fast decisions on coal mine permits
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(Feb. 29, 2011) Kentucky schools save energy, cut costs
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(Feb. 24, 2011) Gas Prices Rising in Central Kentucky
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(Feb. 21, 2011) Health: Hope fades for long-term unemployed: Jobless often face depression
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(Feb. 21, 2011) Opinion: Cancer, not EPA, is Kentucky’s enemy
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(Feb. 21, 2011) Blog: Alltech’s CEO focuses on another green: algae
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(Feb. 18, 2011) Opinion: Silly wastes of time
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(Feb. 17, 2011) Two coal-protection measures advance in Kentucky legislature
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(Feb. 17, 2011) KET seeking support in funding fight
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(Feb. 17, 2011) Louisville Metro Parks to begin athletic-league signups
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(Feb. 17, 2011) Panels consider bills protecting coal industry from federal rules
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(Feb. 17, 2011) Coal bill seeks to thwart EPA
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(Feb. 16, 2011) Environmental protections under attack
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(Feb. 15, 2011) Whitesburg water ban lifted
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(Feb. 12, 2011) Protesters plan rallies Sunday and Monday in Frankfort
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(Feb. 11, 2011) Wendell Berry, others protest mountaintop mining
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(Feb. 11, 2011) Kentucky cabinet names Hughes director of biofuels
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(Feb. 10, 2011) Newt Gingrich calls for abolition of the EPA
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(Feb. 10, 2011) Rare yellow cardinals spotted in Boyle
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(Feb. 10, 2011) Three proposal offered to protect livestock farmers
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(Feb. 9, 2011) Hazard – Lawmakers taking on power bill issue
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(Feb. 8, 2011) The gas industry attacks an Oscar nominee
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(Feb. 4, 2011)Putting coal into perspective
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(Feb. 4, 2011)Another Challenge to Greenhouse Gas Regulation
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(Feb. 4, 2011)Shell halts its plans for Arctic project
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(Feb. 3, 2011)With Super Bowl XLV, NFL becomes bigger fan of environmental awareness
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(Feb. 3, 2011)Tennessee solar energy farm gets environmental OK
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(Feb. 3, 2011) Kentucky state parks offering discounts to organ donors
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(Feb. 3, 2011) WV coal symposium focuses on safety, environmental, economic issues
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(Feb. 2, 2011) Yes, Virginia, This Dirty Coal Bill Is a Bad Bar Room Romance
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(Feb. 2, 2011) Through April 1, Columbia Gas will donate $10 to The Nature Conservancy for each customer who switches to the paperless service.
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(Jan. 31, 2011) New Electricity Meters Stir Fears
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(Jan. 28, 2011) Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Ruffed Grouse Battling Changes In Habitat And High Natural Mortality
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(Jan. 28, 2011) Landowners Win Awards For Wildlife Habitat Improvement Projects
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(Jan. 27, 2011) EPA Ethanol Expansion Hardens a Divide
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(Jan. 27, 2011) Obama seeks new path to environmental goals
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(Jan. 26, 2011) New mining rules would cut jobs, Office of Surface Mining says
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(Jan. 24, 2011) Study Finds Unsafe Amounts of Lead In Reusable Bags Sold By Major Retailers
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(Jan. 24, 2011) Coal company is ordered to pay Harlan County miners $19,000
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(Jan. 24, 2011) Wolf Creek Dam project requires more time, money
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(Jan. 21, 2011) State opposes motion to intervene in coal water case
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(Jan. 21, 2011) Foundation says EPA will review Ky. air plans
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(Jan. 21, 2011) Tesla confirms plans to unveil electric Model X SUV this year, $30k car by 2015
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(Jan. 21, 2011) EPA expected to OK more auto ethanol
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(Jan. 20, 2011) Judge opposes class action in TVA coal ash suits
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(Jan. 20, 2011) Legal Action Likely on Spruce Fork No. 1 Mine in West Virginia
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(Jan. 19, 2011) Deadlines tight to plan fixes for Lexington’s sewers
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(Jan. 19, 2011) Coffee Is Good For Health and Good For Cooking
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(Jan. 18, 2011) Cooking At Home Saves You Money
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(Jan. 17, 2011) The Rise of Green Campuses
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(Jan. 15, 2011) Gas prices shoot well over $3 per gallon in Hazard
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(Jan. 14, 2011) Hybrid Streetlights: Good Or Bad News For Utilities?
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(Jan. 14, 2011) Farmer Incentives to Go Green in 2011
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(Jan. 14, 2011) PSC Accepts Settlement in East Kentucky Power Rate Case – $43 million increase is $6.4 million less than requested
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(Jan. 14, 2011) Governor Beshear Authorizes Funding for Heating Crisis Program
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(Jan. 14, 2011) New Clifton Heights park planned, with greenway link to city loop
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(Jan. 13, 2011) Check out GM’s EN-V Car of the Future at the Detroit Auto Show
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(Jan. 13, 2011) On gardening: Winter weather means gardening indoors
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(Jan. 12, 2011) Duke Energy to Merge with Progress Energy
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(Jan. 11, 2011) Fayette schools saved $700,000 on energy since last summer!
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(Jan. 10, 2011) MACED launches economic policy center
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(Jan. 10, 2011) About Kentucky 01.07.2011 – Agriculture Grants
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(Jan. 9, 2010) Food prices edge higher in fourth quarter
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(Jan. 6, 2011) Fischer’s Day of Service draws hundreds of helpers
Mayor Fischer has called on Louisvillians to come out and volunteer tomorrow for a Day of Service.
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(Jan. 5, 2011) U.S.D.A. Provides $75M Loan To Make Ethanol From Waste
Interesting story on TechCrunch today about the U.S.D.A. provide a $75M loan to INEOS New Planet BioEnergy to make ethanol from waste.
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(Jan. 5, 2011) Empire State Building Has Gone Green
The Empire State Building in NYC has signed a deal with Green Mountain Energy to purchase all wind powered electricity.
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(Jan. 5. 2011) Governor Beshear Announces Energy Assistance for Colder Months
Governor Steve Beshear today announced that Kentucky families who need help paying for heat during winter’s colder months can apply for assistance this month.
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(Jan. 4, 2011) UPS to spend $100 million on 4 new healthcare facilities
United Parcel Service plans to open four new global healthcare distribution centers, driven by rapid demand from pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies.
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(Jan. 4, 2011) Water quality, coal jobs at issue in mountains
Handshoe has been watching his creek ebb and flow, die and come alive and die again, as the cycle of blasting, mining and reclamation has continued on land surrounding his retirement home.
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(Jan. 3, 2011) Salt on the roads: Good for safety, bad for environment
The thousands of tons of salt that made roads passable in late December have not reached their final destination, nor had their final effect. As the snow melts, the salt will be flowing into storm drains and beyond, adding to the steady salting of the region’s waterways.
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(Jan. 3, 2011) Roadmaps to New Power: Appalachian Transition Initiative Leads Coalfields into New Year–and New Era
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(Dec. 29, 2010) AP Enterprise: Few Sites Redeveloped After Mining
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(Dec. 21, 2010) Atlantic Wind files to build offshore power line
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(Dec. 2010) Plant for the Planet
LG&E and KU’s Plant for the Planet program is modeled after the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign
Deadline is December 31st
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(Dec. 22, 2010) Why There Aren’t More Green Jobs
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(December 17, 2010) Coal’s High Prices Turn Britain to Biomass-Based Electricity
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(Dec. 17, 2010) Kentucky’s jobless rate increases to 10.2 percent in November
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(Dec. 17, 2010) Roadmaps to New Power: WMMT Radio Brings Together Coal Miners and Tree Huggers on the Airways
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(Dec. 17, 2010) Kentucky’s jobless rate increases to 10.2 percent in November
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent in November 2010 from a revised 10 percent in October 2010, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
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(Dec. 16, 2010) California gives green light to carbon trade
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(Dec.16, 2010) UPDATE 1-Penn Virginia Resource to buy coal reserves for $97 mln
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(Dec. 14, 2010) Six Out of Ten Americans Think the Country Should Increase Investments in ‘Clean Coal’
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(Dec. 10, 2010) Former Mine Safety Analyst Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Mine Inspection Records
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(Dec. 10, 2010) Eagle Watch Weekends Available At Four Kentucky State Parks (in 2011)
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(Dec.8, 2010) Starbucks Saves Millions per Year in Energy
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(Dec. 8, 2010) Governor Beshear encourages battery manufacturers, auto manufacturers and utilities to continue to work toward creating a viable new energy source for vehicles
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(Dec. 3, 2010) Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet files consent judgment against ICG and Frasure Creek Mining
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KY EEC files consent judgment against ICG and Frasure Creek Mining companies
(Dec. 3, 2010) Governor Beshear announces work to begin on economy-boosting short line railroad improvement project in Kentucky,West Virginia, Tennessee
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(Dec. 3, 2010) CEO Of Mining Giant Massey Steps Down
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(Dec. 2, 2010) UK Reduces Carbon Footprint With $25 Million Retrofit
It isn’t easy to visualize exactly how much the University of Kentucky will save after a yearlong, energy-savings retrofit of 61 campus buildings, totaling 5.2 million square feet. But after doing a bit of math, here are the annual equivalencies.
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(Nov. 17, 2010) Solar Energy Plant To Start In Danville
The owners of a Boyle County startup business getting in on the ground floor of the push for green energy say their operation will be one of a kind when the assembly line starts rolling next month. Alternative Energies Kentucky LLC, which already occupies the old ATR building, will start manufacturing solar panels soon after the line is installed Dec. 16.
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(Nov. 9, 2010) More Needs To Be Done To Avoid Oil Spike, IEA Says
Governments need to do more to increase efficiency and boost green technologies to avoid a spike in oil prices as energy demand is expected to jump 36 percent through 2035, the International Energy Agency warned Tuesday.
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(Nov. 2 1010) MSHA seeks court order to close Massey mine in Ky.
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(Oct. 21, 2010) Cousteau links people, nature
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(Oct. 8, 2010) Four environmental advocacy groups said Thursday that they have found widespread fraud in the monitoring of water-pollution discharge by Kentucky’s two largest strip-mine operators.
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(Oct. 6, 2010) Federal funding goes to water districts
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(Sept. 19, 2010) Cap-and-trade plan boosts coal (Editorial)
Some Kentuckians will have a hard time processing this. But the dastardly cap-and-trade legislation might well be coal’s best chance to survive as a fuel of the future.
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FURTHER READING & LISTENING:
Global Coal Market: An In-Depth Analysis
Clean Coal – Reducing Emissions, Increasing Energy
PODCAST: CAP and TRADE
VIDEO: CAP and TRADE
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(Sept. 17, 2010) On Friday morning, a new Power PAC-political action committee, was announced. KFTC is asking you to show public support for political candidates who are in favor of creating clean energy jobs and investing in affordable renewable energy options for Kentucky’s future.
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(Sept. 17, 2010) Lynch – Water, water everywhere, for now
“I hope the people of Benham and Lynch will think about this and rally together and support our efforts to stop our mountains from being destroyed and our water from being poisoned and made unusable. Massey Energy is a coal company that is led by their leader Don Blankenship”…
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(Aug. 27, 2010) Memorandum Of Understanding Among Mining And Water Agencies Will Implement Fill Minimization Protocol and Reduce The Size and Number of Valley Fills
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(Oct. 5, 2010) Obama Administration Announces Plans to Install New Solar Panels on the White House Residence
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley today announced plans to install solar panels and a solar hot water heater on the roof of the White House Residence.
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(July 3, 2010) As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Subsidies
When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform set off the worst oil spill at sea in American history, it was flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. Registering there allowed the rig’s owner to significantly reduce its American taxes.
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