Tag: kentucky
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Fracking Pipeline Stirs Controversy in Bluegrass State
By Natasha Khan The land agent first came knocking on Vivian and Dean House’s door in July. They sat on the patio of the retired couple’s 85-acre farm in this Central Kentucky town and chatted. The guy was friendly, the kind of guy Dean could talk to about fishing. He put the couple at ease…
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Will Court Decision on Gulf Dead Zone Reduce Dangerous Algae Growth in American Waters?
The U.S. District Court in Eastern Louisiana ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to determine within six months whether to set new limits on the pollution that is fueling the dangerous algae …
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USEC’s Tsunami: Uranium Company Washes Out
USEC should ditch the uranium enrichment business entirely and play to its demonstrated competence in fields like Internet gambling or telemarketing to members of Congress.
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New Study Once Again Proves Mountaintop Removal is Simply Not Worth It
A report from earlier this year found that mountaintop removal could turn Appalachia from a carbon sink to a carbon source in the next 12 to 20 years …
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Fracking Wastewater Spill Kills Rare Fish in KY, Puts Entire Species at Risk
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a peer-reviewed journal article that discusses the results of the investigation into a 2007 fracking wastewater spill in Kentucky …