Tag: kentucky
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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Continues to Destroy Appalachia
While headlines in major news outlets claim “Coal is Dead,” residents of Appalachia rightfully have their doubts. With little recourse available, they are still being asked to accept the systematic destruction …
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Nuclear Dominoes Fall in California and Kentucky
Southern California Edison has abandoned plans to restart its two nuclear reactors at San Ofre. The announcement this morning comes exactly one week after termination of operations at the Paducah, Kentucky, uranium enrichment plant, which for decades …
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Learn Earth-Friendly Living Skills July 11-14
The Whippoorwill Festival celebrates Kentucky’s Appalachian heritage while helping prepare our minds and bodies for a future world of climate change and a diminished supply of fossil fuels. The festival is a low-cost event with over 75 workshops …
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Stiffed USEC Sues Feds in Nuclear Slugfest
The United States Enrichment Corporation, the contracting subsidiary of USEC Inc.—the company that now produces nothing—has filed a lawsuit in the Court of Federal Claims seeking $38 million in back-bill payment from the …
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Fracked Gas Pipelines Planned for Ohio and Kentucky
A wave of anxiety and outrage grips Newton County, KY, as a proposed natural gas pipeline would rend a path through Ohio and Kentucky. The Bluegrass Pipeline—put forward as a joint venture by …