Report Puts Kentucky at Top of Air Pollution List, with Indiana and Tennessee...
A new report says Kentucky is the worst state in the nation when it comes to toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants. The analysis was released Thursday by the Natural Resources Defense...
View ArticleJudges Strike Down EPA Rule on Cross-State Pollution, Impacting Kentucky and...
A three-judge panel has voted two to one to strike down a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that would require some states to reduce pollution that travels across state lines. This puts...
View ArticleHenderson Power Supplier to Scrap Part of Pollution Controls Following Court...
A western Kentucky utility says it’s withdrawing a pollution-control plan after an E.P.A rule was struck down in court this week. The Henderson-based Big Rivers Electric Cooperative says it will save...
View ArticleFifty Kentucky House Lawmakers, From Both Parties, Sign Pro-Coal Letter Sent...
The Speaker of the Kentucky House and a bipartisan group of 50 House members have penned a letter to President Obama, expressing their concern over what they call the administration’s “unfair attack on...
View ArticleBluegrass Pipeline Opponents Delivering Petition to Beshear's Office
Land owners and environmentalists are gathering in Frankfort Wednesday to protest a proposed pipeline that would carry flammable liquids through several counties in northern Kentucky. A partnership of...
View ArticleKentucky's Coal Industry Jobs Hit Lowest Point Since 1927
Coal production in both of Kentucky’s coalfields has dropped slightly and employment is at a record low, according to the most recent quarterly report from the state’s Energy and Environment Cabinet....
View ArticleLawmakers to Hear from Both Sides of Debate Over Bluegrass Pipeline
Kentucky lawmakers will hear from both advocates and opponents of a proposed natural gas liquids pipeline Thursday.If it’s built, the Bluegrass Pipeline would cross more than a dozen central Kentucky...
View ArticleBluegrass Pipeline Won't Cross Through Sisters of Loretto Land
A spokesman for a company planning to build a pipeline through Kentucky says the proposed route for the project would avoid land owned by a group of Marion County nuns known as the Sisters of...
View ArticleEPA Wants To Limit Greenhouse Gases From New Coal Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency's second stab at a proposal to set the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants would make it impossible for companies to build the kind...
View ArticleEPA Announces Proposed Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Coal Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled its rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. Some politicians and the coal industry have criticized the rules, saying they...
View ArticleEPA Gives Coal-State Democrats A Chance To Sound Republican
For Democrats running in coal-producing states like Kentucky and West Virginia, the Environmental Protection Agency's new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants provide a...
View ArticleWatchdog Group Pushing Beshear for Special Session on Bluegrass Pipeline
A government watchdog group is urging Gov. Steve Beshear to call a special session this fall to pass legislation to protect private landowners from companies that have said they may use eminent domain...
View ArticleEastern Kentucky Utility to Buy Electricity from Biomass Plant by 2017
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved a deal for an Eastern Kentucky utility to buy electricity from biomass.The proposed biomass plant will be in Perry County, and is expected to be...
View ArticleGrimes Agrees with McConnell on Keeping Open Coal-Fired Plant in Drakesboro
Democrat Alison Grimes has joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to keep a coal-fired generating plant operating in Muhlenberg County.Grimes, who is...
View ArticleKentucky Asking EPA for More Flexibility in Handling Carbon Emissions
Kentucky’s regulators are making the case to the federal government that the commonwealth should be allowed flexibility in reducing its carbon dioxide emissions.The Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleTVA Decides Coal-Fired Power Plant in Western Kentucky Will Stay Open
The Tennessee Valley Authority has decided not to close a coal-fired power plant in western Kentucky. The nation’s largest utility was facing congressional pressure to keep open the Paradise Fossil...
View ArticleLawsuit Seeks Answers to Questions about Use of Eminent Domain for Pipeline...
Opponents of a proposed natural gas liquids pipeline Thursday filed a lawsuit hoping to clarify whether eminent domain could be used for the project.The Bluegrass Pipeline would carry natural gas...
View ArticleKentucky Religious Group Urges State to Take Time in Reviewing Bluegrass...
A statewide religious organization is urging Kentucky government to slow down and gather more information on the potential impacts of a proposed natural gas liquids pipeline.Kentucky Council of...
View ArticleEPA Gives Coal-State Democrats A Chance To Sound Republican
For Democrats running in coal-producing states like Kentucky and West Virginia, the Environmental Protection Agency's new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants provide a...
View ArticleWatchdog Group Pushing Beshear for Special Session on Bluegrass Pipeline
A government watchdog group is urging Gov. Steve Beshear to call a special session this fall to pass legislation to protect private landowners from companies that have said they may use eminent domain...
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