Clean Air/ Clean Energy News
Archive
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WKMS 91.3fm
04/21/10 "Switch Grass No Likely Substitute for Coal"
Lexington Herald-Leader
04/23/10 "Scathing audit of East Kentucky Power demands change"
Public News Service
04/23/10 "Audit: Utility Should Pull the Plug on Business as Usual"
Richmond Register
04/23/10 "Management review blisters EKPC leadership"
Associated Press
04/22/10 "Audit critical of East Kentucky Power Co-operative"
Ledger Independent
04/22/10 "EKPC board 'shocked' by audit's findings"
Winchester Sun
04/20/10 "Move may not delay power plant"
Richmond Register
04/20/10 "EKPC takes one step forward, one step back"
Electric Power Daily
04/20/10 "Kentucky co-op delays 278-MW coal plant over financing"
Lexington Herald-Leader
04/17/10 "East Ky. Power delays Clark Co. coal plant"
Public News Service
03/15/10 "Kentucky Power Co-op Members Challenge Coal Decision"
Positive Energy
03/18/10 "Long Live Coal? In Kentucky: Part 2"
02/16/10 "Long Live Coal? Part 1"
Louisville Courier Journal
03/11/10 "Alternative-energy requirement slows in state house"
Public News Service
03/01/10 "Energy efficiency could earn KY families hundreds of dollars"
Lexington Herald-Leader
02/11/10 "Bill would require renewable energy"
Louisville Courier Journal
02/10/10 "House bill would force Kentucky to use more renewable"
Public News Service
02/05/10 "State hears from residents on proposed coal burning plant"
WTVQ 36
02/04/10 "EKPC Proposed coal burning plant"
02/03/10 "Coal-burning plant would add pollution"
01/31/10 "Renewable energy requirement urged in KY"
01/28/10 "Kentucky greenhouse-emission growth worst in nation, panel told"
Lexington Herald-Leader
01/08/10 LTE "Amen on EKPC"
Richmond Register
01/05/10 "Controversy over proposed Clark County coal plant heating up"
Louisville Courier Journal
01/04/10 "Hearing scheduled for Clark County, Ky., power plant"
Lexington Herald-Leader
01/04/10 "Permit for electric plant under fire"
12/23/09 "PSC orders East Kentucky Power to justify Clark Co. plant"
12/22/09 Editorial "Shaky finances a risk to consumers"
Winchester Sun
12/11/09 Op-Ed "Coal may not be EKPC's answer for inexpensive, reliable energy" Citizen Voice & Times
11/12/09 LTE "Public Service Commission should revoke certification of proposed coal-burning power plant"
Danville Advocate-Messenger
12/01/09 LTE "Stop building coal-burning power plants"
Winchester Sun
12/01/09 "Clark Energy wants rates hiked"Greenwire
11/18/09 "Coal: Phaseout is only 'medically defensible' energy policy--physicians group"
11/17/09 "Settlement allows Ky. mine expansion to proceed"
New York Times
11/17/09 "Paying Extra and Getting Ads Instead"
Greenwire
11/11/09 "Enviro groups sue EPA over Ky. coal plant permits"
Winchester Sun
10/30/09 "New challenge issued against local coal plant"
Greenwire
10/29/09 "Groups urge regulators to revoke approval of Ky. plant"
10/28/09 "Discharges from coal plants threaten health, resources -- EPA"
Business Lexington
10/29/09 Op-ed "Kentucky pays steep environmental price"
Lexington Herald-Leader
09/28/09 Op-Ed "Kentucky can live without coal"
09/27/09 Letter to the Editor "Coal isn't king"
09/23/09 "EPA says state must re-evaluate power plant"
Greenwire
09/15/09 "EPA: Agency to limit metal discharges from coal plants"
09/11/09 "Mining: EPA will further review 79 mountaintop permits"
Wall Street Journal
09/08/09 "Seeds for Change"
09/08/09 "Let the Sun Shine"
E&E News PM
09/08/09 "Mining: EPA moves to halt massive
W. Va. mountaintop permit"
Louisville Courier-Journal
08/31/09 "Coal: Ky., Ind. lead nation in coal ash ponds"
07/20/09 Editorial "Coal-burning issue"
Public News Service
07/15/09 "Report: 8,000 Clean Energy Jobs Possible in Kentucky"
Winchester Sun
07/14/09 "Report says renewable energy, efficiency good for job growth"
07/08/09 "Cleaner energy is a moral obligation"
E&E News PM
06/29/09 "Coal: EPA reveals locations of 'high-hazard ash dumps"
Greenwire
06/22/09 "Coal : Mining's human toll outweighs economic benefits--WVU study"
Climatewire
06/19/09 "Carbon Capture : Study calls for billions in coal plant retrofits"
06/19/09 "Lobbying: Rural electric co-ops threaten climate deal"
06/16/09 "Emissions: Chu predicts that energy efficiency will bring the fastest reductions"
SNL Financial
06/10/09 "Kentucky co-op draws additional criticism for proposed coal plant expansion"
Lexington Herald-Leader
06/11/09 "Report questions East Ky. Power plans"
Greenwire
06/03/09 "Soot exposure significantly increases death risk -- study"
06/03/09 "Ky. utility brings court-ordered scrubbers online"
Lexington Herald-Leader
05/08/09 "Six Kentucky coal ash landfills are hazardous, groups say"
Public News Service
05/08/09 "EPA: Higher Cancer Risk for Kentuckians Due to Coal Ash Waste"
Washington Post
05/03/09 "EPA Moves to Regulate Contaminated Runoff From Power Plants"
Floyd CountyTimes
04/27/09 "Suit claims power plant is dangerous"
New York Times
04/24/09 "Dust from coal trucks poses Appalachian health threat--study"
USA Today
04/18/09 "EPA takes first steps toward climate change regulations"
Lexington Herald-Leader
04/17/09 "EPA declares fossil fuel emissions a threat to health, environment"
Sustainable Business.com
04/20/09 "EPA Takes Major Step Toward Regulating Greenhouse Gases"
Morehead News
04/21/09 "Group takes stand against electric rate increases"
Lexington Herald-Leader
04/10/09 "Environmentalists say costs are too high for new plant"
Richmond Register
04/09/09 "KEF against coal plant in Clark Co."
Public News Service
04/08/09 "Financial Report: Proposed Eastern KY Coal Power Plant Doesn't Pencil Out"
Lexington Herald-Leader
04/01/09 "East KY Power rates to rise 7%"
Posted on YouTube
"Making the Case for Energy Efficiency to Utility Companies" a presentation by Glenn Cannon, past president of the American Public Power Association
Seattle Times
03/17/09 "Study: Appalachian states could save billions, create many jobs by cutting energy consumption "
The study is available for download at www.arc.gov/energy and at
www.seealliance.org
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