Tagged with Kentucky 
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LEED COAL CERTIFIED
University of Kentucky dorm renamed Wildcat Coal Lodge despite student protests 0
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago University of Kentucky President Lee T. Todd Jr. and several members of the UKY Board of Trustees refused to consider any formal student statements this week during their meeting to barter away the name of a Wildcat basketball dorm for Big Coal donations, and then fled to a back room as students made their testimonies. -
Shoutin' Down the Army Corps Hearing on Mountaintop Removal
Should the Department of Justice investigate Big Coal bedlam? 1
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago While their profits continue to soar amid job losses, Big Coal let loose the hounds of chaos and hatred at last night's Army Corps of Engineers public hearing in West Virginia on mountaintop removal permits. -
$50,000 bail for jailed protesters
VIDEO: Weeklong Mountaintop-removal Tree-sit Ends 1
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks agoTree-sitting protesters in mountain-removal country have come back down to the ground -- but the fight continues.
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West Virginia, Kentucky miners boycott Tennessee over proposed mountaintop removal restrictions 3
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
There will be no more excursions to Dollywood for Roger Horton, a coal miner who lives in West Virginia -- at least not until U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) drops legislation he's sponsoring that would limit mountaintop removal mining.
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Kinder, Gentler Blasting, Leveling of Mountains, Filling of Streams
Coalfield residents respond to Obama’s announcement on mountaintop removal 1
Posted 5 months, 1 week agoThe Obama administration has announced "unprecedented steps to reduce environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining." Here's what coalfield residents have to say.
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Hizzoner's Progress
15 green-leaning mayors 17
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Global warming is a global problem -- but there ain't no global solution. That's why mayors across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands.
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Tab dump
Product service systems, Microsoft, blackouts, Kentucky’s Clean Energy Corps, and cool maps 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago• One of my favorite bright green ideas: objects as a service, sometimes called "product service systems," a fascinating and potentially revolutionary idea desperately in search of a better name.
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Ashley Judd, Silas House rally against mountaintop removal 2
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Kentucky Republican McConnell calls himself the ‘Godfather of Green’ in reelection bid 1
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Brooks Brothers rioter turns attention to energy this election season 0
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Kentucky to build new coal-to-liquids plant 7
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Oregon and Kentucky vote; nation yawns and rolls over 1
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Kentucky taxpayers pony up $400,000 a year for coal industry ‘educational materials’ 0
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That'll Teach 'Em
Colleges around the country take green steps 2
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Reece on MTR mining 1
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Allen Johnson rallies Christians to fight against mountaintop-removal mining 3
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A Ploy Named Sue 0
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The Legend of Weepy Hollow
An excerpt from Missing Mountains, a new book about mountaintop-removal mining 10
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago
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Moving Mountains
Mountaintop-removal mining is devastating Appalachia, but residents are fighting back 10
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago
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Oh What a Feeling! 0
Posted 4 years, 6 months ago