Feb 24 Environment Galbraith Speaks Out On Mountaintop Removal The Associated Press reports that Galbraith says the practice has caused "unsurpassed environmental damage damage" in Appalachia and that it should not be allowed. Galbraith is the only candidate for governor to speak out against mountaintop removal. By Gabe Bullard Feb 24 Environment Galbraith Speaks Out On Mountaintop Removal Gabe Bullard
Feb 21 Environment One Week After Protest, Fights Against Mountaintop Removal, EPA Continue It's been one week since a group of protesters ended their sit-in at Governor Steve Beshear's office. A group of 14 protesters spent the weekend in Beshear's office protesting the surface mining technique commonly called Mountaintop Removal. The sit-in ended with the annual I Love Mountains Day rally in Frankfort on the 14th. By Gabe Bullard Feb 21 Environment One Week After Protest, Fights Against Mountaintop Removal, EPA Continue Gabe Bullard
Feb 14 Local News Sit-In Ends, Protesters Say It Was Worthwhile, Though Few Concessions Were Granted The group, known as Kentucky Rising, occupied the governor’s office from Friday morning through Monday morning to protest Beshear’s support for the mining process commonly called mountaintop removal. By Graham Shelby Feb 14 Local News Sit-In Ends, Protesters Say It Was Worthwhile, Though Few Concessions Were Granted Graham Shelby
Feb 14 Local News Protester Says Beshear Will Visit Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields After Sit-In Many of the 14 protesters who spent the weekend in Governor Steve Beshear's office left their sit-in today to join the annual "I Love Mountains Day" rally. The sit-in began Friday as an effort to convince Governor Steve Beshear to change his stance on the surface mining technique commonly called mountaintop removal, which can leave streams clogged and polluted. By Gabe Bullard Feb 14 Local News Protester Says Beshear Will Visit Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields After Sit-In Gabe Bullard
Feb 11 Local News Mining Protesters To Spend Night At Governor’s Office Beshear didn’t offer to change his positions. The group decided to continue their protest in the governor’s office. They were prepared to be arrested at the end of the day on Friday. Instead, the governor told them they can stay as long as they like. The group plans to stay through Monday when other environmental activists will gather in Frankfort for a rally called I Love Mountains Day. By Graham Shelby Feb 11 Local News Mining Protesters To Spend Night At Governor’s Office Graham Shelby
Feb 11 Local News Beshear Meets With Mining Protesters Around 20 members of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth began a sit-in protest this morning in the lobby of the governor’s office. They said they wouldn’t leave unless they got an audience with Governor Beshear. Beshear initially said his schedule wouldn’t permit it, but finally emerged and fielded questions for about 30 minutes. The group wants an end to surface mining in Kentucky, but Beshear says he cannot support that. By Tony McVeigh Feb 11 Local News Beshear Meets With Mining Protesters Tony McVeigh
Feb 11 Local News Mountaintop Removal Protesters Sit In At Governor’s Office Author Wendell Berry is one of a group of protesters staging a sit-in in the office of Governor Beshear at this hour. The group is demanding a meeting with the governor to discuss ending the practice of mountaintop removal mining and creating a new economic model for Kentucky. By Graham Shelby Feb 11 Local News Mountaintop Removal Protesters Sit In At Governor’s Office Graham Shelby
Feb 11 Local News "I Love Mountains Rally" Held In Frankfort Thanks to Stu Johnson, Kentucky Public Radio/WEKU, Richmond The coal mining process commonly known as mountaintop removal was again the focus of a rally Thursday outside the Kentucky state Capitol building. The annual “I Love Mountains Rally” is sponsored by the advocacy group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. It says the practice is destroying the environment […] By Rick Howlett Feb 11 Local News "I Love Mountains Rally" Held In Frankfort Rick Howlett
Sep 4 Environment Does Coal Have Something to Hide? The latest in a series of high profile protests of mountaintop removal coal mining ended with the removal and arrest of 12 activists, a filmmaker, and a documentary photographer from a Massey Energy site in West Virginia. On Thursday, they went before a judge in Boone County. I've been alerted by a colleague of the filmmaker that during the arrest, Massey Energy company employees confiscated the photographers’ equipment. By Kristin Espeland Sep 4 Environment Does Coal Have Something to Hide? Kristin Espeland
Jun 11 Environment Agencies Propose Sweeping Changes to Surface Mining The Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to work together to minimize the environmental harm caused by surface mining in Appalachia. By Kristin Espeland Jun 11 Environment Agencies Propose Sweeping Changes to Surface Mining Kristin Espeland
Mar 5 Environment Supporters Try Again for Mountaintop Fill Bill Some members of Congress are revisiting a familiar front in the battle over mountaintop removal coal mining. They have re-introduced House legislation that would restrict mining companies from dumping material left over from blasting off the tops of mountains in waterways. By Kristin Espeland Mar 5 Environment Supporters Try Again for Mountaintop Fill Bill Kristin Espeland
Dec 29 Environment A Look Back at the Year in the Environment 2008 was a big year for the environment. WFPL’s Kristin Espeland takes stock of what happened on the front lines and in the headlines. By Kristin Espeland Dec 29 Environment A Look Back at the Year in the Environment Kristin Espeland
Dec 22 Environment Enviros Sue Over Mining/Stream Buffer Rule A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court over a recently approved mountaintop removal mining rule change. The old rule required mining companies to keep debris at least a hundred feet away from valley streams. But because of different interpretations of the rule, many miles of streams have already been covered with debris. By Kristin Espeland Dec 22 Environment Enviros Sue Over Mining/Stream Buffer Rule Kristin Espeland