Coal and Water News

ORSANCO Work Continues

March 15, 2019 at 10:49am
Coal Ash, Northern Kentucky

In February roughly 100 people filled the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission to comment on proposals that would weaken the ORSANCO water quality station.

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Black lung is surging, but bill to undo limits on doctors stalls without a hearing

March 7, 2019
Lexington Herald Leader
Big Sandy, Cumberland, Harlan County, Perry County, Western Kentucky

A bill that would have rescinded restrictions on the types of physicians who can diagnose black lung disease will likely not get a vote in the Kentucky House of Representatives this year … The proposal’s likely failure comes amid the largest resurgence of black lung in decades, one that has left more than 20 perc

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Utility PAC donations rolled in ahead of solar industry bill fight

February 25, 2019
The Courier-Journal

Four big utility interests pumped $327,050 into the political committees of legislative candidates and the political parties during the 2018 election cycle. 

That compares with the $6,500 contributed by the tiny political action committee of Kentucky’s solar industry.

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Mitch McConnell is silent on coal while Kentucky miners suffer and die

February 22, 2019
The Courier-Journal

McConnell has repeatedly failed to do right by our coal workers and communities.

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Exciting! Benham$aves energy efficiency project receives $200,000 pledge

February 13, 2019 at 01:51pm
Appalachian Transition, , Communities Taking Action, , Energy Democracy, , Sustainable Energy, Harlan County

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KFTC members took part in a special called meeting of the Benham Power Board on February 12 to share the good news that an anonymous donor pledged $200,000 to support the Benham$aves Program.

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At a crossroads, Ohio River agency weighs dueling proposals on role

February 4, 2019
Energy News Network
Jefferson County, Northern Kentucky, Western Kentucky
An industry-backed effort aims to end ORSANCO’s role in setting and enforcing pollution standards.
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Water Justice Field Hearing

February 4, 2019 at 03:24pm
Big Sandy, Jefferson County, Northern Kentucky, Rolling Bluegrass

More than 110 people turned out on February 2 to affirm the need for clean and safe drinking water.

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Fighting to Save the Black Lung Trust Fund

December 15, 2018
WMMT Making Connection News
Appalachian Transition, Big Sandy, Appalachian Transition, Cumberland, Appalachian Transition, Harlan County, Appalachian Transition, Perry County
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Take action to protect ORSANCO and support water justice!

January 14, 2019 at 03:49pm
Coal Ash, , Community Science & Public Health, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, , Proposed Bluegrass Pipeline, Northern Kentucky

Last year a proposal came forward to do away with the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) regulatory mission.

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The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy

December 21, 2018
Inside Climate News

For more than three decades, the Farm Bureau has aligned agriculture closely with the fossil fuel agenda.

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