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Hundreds coming to Green New Deal event Saturday in Frankfort

Kentuckians will help shape a just transition

May 9, 2019

A Green New Deal is still taking shape. On Saturday, Kentuckians have the opportunity to learn more about the proposed commitment to a clean energy economy, and help shape what that transition could and should look like in Kentucky.

Address the Health Impacts of Mining, Help Us Plan a Bright Future, Kentuckian Carl Shoupe Tells Congress

April 10, 2019

The immediate and long-term health impacts for people living near mountaintop removal mining are real, widespread and devastating, coalfield residente and a medical scientist told members of a U.S. House subcommittee.

ADVISORY: Poor people's hearing on protecting sacred water

January 29, 2019

To highlight the critical need to protect that nation’s water resources and in particular the Ohio River, several groups will host a Water Justice Field Hearing February 2 in Cincinnati.

SNAP benefits help people stay out of poverty. We should expand, not curtail them.

November 25, 2019

Lexington Herald-Leader

Food brings us together and creates the conditions to be healthy and happy. As we give thanks this season, let’s ensure all Kentuckians can put food on the table with the help of one of the best hunger-fighting, poverty-reducing, health-improving tools we have.

Ohio Valley Residents Among Millions In U.S Lacking Access To Clean Water, Sanitation

November 19, 2019

Ohio Valley ResSource

Communities across the Ohio Valley are among an estimated 2 million people in the U.S. who do not have consistent access to clean drinking water and basic indoor plumbing, according to a report by two nonprofits, DigDeep and the US Water Alliance.

For young people in Kentucky, this election was a sign of things to come

November 7, 2019

MTV News

Kentucky youth activists huddled around laptops and TV screens, and scrolled through social media as they watched people around their state send a message by voting Matt Bevin out, and electing Democratic candidate Andy Beshear as Governor by a margin of around 5,000 votes.

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