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Kentucky fried agitprop
Kentucky taxpayers pony up $400,000 a year for coal industry 'educational materials' |
David Roberts |
20 May 2008 |
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| Some crackerjack reporting by John Cheves in the Lexington Herald-Leader finds that the state of Kentucky sinks about $400,000 of taxpayer money a year into public campaigns that promote coal and even mountaintop-removal mining: The money is funneled through non-profit groups controlled by the coal industry ... The money is used largely for statewide classroom programs designed 'to carry a positive message about the coal industry,' according to records. A Web si ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Kentucky, shenanigans, state politics (all these topics) |
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