Apr 13 Environment New TVA Head Says Board Right On Coal Plant Closures President Donald Trump and the U.S. Senate majority leader who hails from Kentucky had previously criticized the move. By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press and Travis Loller, Associated Press Apr 13 Environment New TVA Head Says Board Right On Coal Plant Closures Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press and Travis Loller, Associated Press
Feb 14 Environment TVA Votes To Close Coal-Fired Power Plant In Kentucky A federal utility board has voted to close a coal-fired power plant in Kentucky over the objections of President Donald Trump and some state GOP leaders. By Associated Press Feb 14 Environment TVA Votes To Close Coal-Fired Power Plant In Kentucky Associated Press
Feb 13 Environment President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant Trump and other Republicans are pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal plant in Kentucky. A major Trump backer supplies the plant with most of its coal. By Jeff Brady, NPR Feb 13 Environment President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant Jeff Brady, NPR
Dec 25 Environment KY Waterways Alliance Critical of New Coal Ash Ponds A Kentucky environmental group tried to intervene in a case before the state’s utility regulators but was denied. By Kristin Espeland Dec 25 Environment KY Waterways Alliance Critical of New Coal Ash Ponds Kristin Espeland
Feb 3 Environment 14 Arrested at W. VA Mountaintop Removal Site Activists chained themselves to a bulldozer and excavator at Massey Energy’s Coal River Mountain site this morning. They want Massey to stop plans to blast the mountain for coal and make the site into a wind farm instead. The protestors are worried that blasting could compromise a nearby coal sludge impoundment dam. From the Ohio […] By Kristin Espeland Feb 3 Environment 14 Arrested at W. VA Mountaintop Removal Site Kristin Espeland