Clean Air, Clean Energy Archive

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04.26.10 Press Release
Fiscal problems compound threat to drinking water
posed by toxic coal-ash waste
Coal-plant water permit irrational in light of EKPC financial mess

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04.23.10 Press Release PSC audit: EKPC finances in need of "major changes" Poor financial condition underscores need to scrap billion-dollar coal-burning plant

PSC's Final Report Focused Management and Operations Audit of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.

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04.19.10 Press Release Clark Co. coal plant delay bodes well for rates & public health EKPC’s withdrawal of debt request allows co-op to focus on cleaner, affordable energy

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04.19.10 Press Release
State's rushed approval of coal plant's air permit
skirts new federal health regs

“By sliding the Smith air permit in right before new, more protective federal standards are in place, Kentucky's DAQ is taking a huge step backward in protecting our health.” -- Colleen Ambrose Madison Co. Registered Nurse Practitioner

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02.23.10 PRESS RELEASE:
EKPC member-ratepayers request formal review of loan
guarantees to financially strained co-op
VIEW EKPC Financial Analysis Memo
VIEW Member Letter to USDA Inspector General

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02.16.10 PRESS RELEASE:
STATE AIR DIVISION CALLED ON TO DENY FAULTY POWER PLANT PERMIT; CHOOSE COST-EFFECTIVE, CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS

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KEF and Other Organizations Unite to Take Action for Clean Energy Policy

HOUSE BILL HB408 INTRODUCED
01.10.10 PRESS RELEASE
Fact Sheet
More About KySEA click here

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Kentuckians to DAQ: Pollution from proposed coal-burning plant would harm public health  02.05.10 PRESS RELEASE

New analysis reveals investment in green energy
would create thousands of jobs in KY:

"An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy in the East Kentucky
Power Cooperative Region"
prepared by the Ochs Center

July 9 press release announcing new report
"More than 8,000 New Clean Energy Jobs Possible in KY"

KEF, KFTC and the Sierra Club release assessment of
EKPC's Integrated Resource Plan:

"Preliminary Assessment of East Kentucky Power
Cooperative's 2009 Resource Plan"
prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.

June 10 press release announcing "Preliminary Assessment"
"Co-op utility unprepared for future of carbon regulation,
may put members at risk for up to $600 million"

State releases draft air permit for EKPC's Smith 1
coal-fired power plant in Clark Co.

KEF, KFTC & Sierra Club respond
January 4th press release:
"Pollution permit for coal-fired plant threatens air, public health"

• Earthjustice & Environmental Integrity Project (EJ/EIP) release report: "Coming Clean: What the EPA Knows about the Dangers of Coal Ash"

  May 7 EJ/EIP Press Release "Data showing significantly higher cancer risks for U.S. residents near coal-fired power plant ash dump sits were hidden for yars by Bush Adminisstration"
  
  Report Attachments:
  #1 "Surface impoundments analyzed in EPA Risk Assessment"
  #2 "Landfills Analyzed in EPA Risk Assessment"
  #3 "Surface Impoundment & Landfill Disposal Data Reported 2005"

  "Financial experts raise red flags on new coal projects;
  clean energy, not coal best investment for the South"
  
  April 29 Press Release

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  KEF, KFTC and the Sierra Club release new report
  
  "The Right Decision for Changing Times:
  How East Kentucky Power Cooperative Ratepayers Benefit from
  Canceling Plans for a New Coal Burning Power Plant in Clark County"
  
  Power Point Presentation
  
  April 7 press release announcing "The Right Decision" report
  "Proposed power plant would put Kentucky co-op utility in financial peril"

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  "No to Nuclear Energy in KY" Press Event
  
  On Friday, February 13th, representatives from five Kentucky environmental organizations came together for a press conference to speak out against proposed legislation in the Kentucky House and Senate that would clear the way for nuclear energy projects. Represented at the event were: Kentucky Environmental Foundation; the Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club; EcoPerspectives; Kentucky Solar Partnership; and Kentucky Conservation Committee.

  Press Release: "Groups Unite To Oppose Nuclear Energy In KY, Urge Legislators To Pursue Clean, Safe Energy"
  
  Organizational Statements Concerning Nuclear Energy in KY

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  “Energy debate & switch”:
  FEEDBACK in the Lexington Herald-Leader

  The following two commentaries–the first written by Elizabeth Crowe, Director of KEF, the second by Rick Clewitt, Co-chair of the Cumberland Sierra Club Political Committee– appeared in the FEEDBACK section of the January 26, 2009 issue of the Lexington Herald-Leader.

  “Co-ops can, must step up”
  
  “Beshear’s energy plan needs work”

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