Sep 15 Environment LG&E, Kentucky Utilities To Replace Three Coal Plants With Natural Gas One of Louisville’s two coal-fired power plants will be taken offline in the next five years. By 2016, Cane Run Power Station will be replaced by natural gas—a fuel that’s cleaner than conventional coal. Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities will retire the Cane Run plant in southwest Louisville, as well as two other […] By Erica Peterson Sep 15 Environment LG&E, Kentucky Utilities To Replace Three Coal Plants With Natural Gas Erica Peterson
Sep 15 Environment Coal Sponsorship at Football Game Upsets Environmental Groups by Josh James, Kentucky Public Radio A decision to allow Friends of Coal to sponsor the University of Kentucky-University of Louisville football game this Saturday isn’t sitting well with some environmental groups. Friends of Coal and the Kentucky Coal Association have paid $85,000 to put their name on three athletic events this year—the Cats-Cards this […] By WFPL News Sep 15 Environment Coal Sponsorship at Football Game Upsets Environmental Groups WFPL News
Aug 16 Environment Poll Shows Public Opinion in Appalachia Against Mountaintop Removal A new poll shows significant opposition to mountaintop removal coal mining in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia. Both Democratic and conservative polling firms conducted the survey, which polled about 1,300 likely voters in the four states. The results show that those polled—even Republicans and Tea Party members—support enforcing and even increasing Clean Water Act […] By Erica Peterson Aug 16 Environment Poll Shows Public Opinion in Appalachia Against Mountaintop Removal Erica Peterson
Jul 25 Environment Kentucky Coal Industry Calls New EPA Guidance ‘Overreaching’ After two years, the federal government has released new guidelines for surface coal mines. In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would increase scrutiny on a number of mountaintop removal permits in Appalachia and would release guidelines for future permits. Those guidelines were released last week. Mine operators will now find it much harder […] By Erica Peterson Jul 25 Environment Kentucky Coal Industry Calls New EPA Guidance ‘Overreaching’ Erica Peterson