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The world’s appetite for coal is diminishing, and the communities that mined it for generations are struggling to adapt. Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers are leveraging the economic turmoil to bolster support for coal, but experts say mining communities would be better off supporting the transition to a sustainable future.
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Six power plants in Kentucky are storing toxic coal ash in or near groundwater and may have to remove it in order to comply with federal regulations.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority demolished the cooling towers at the former Paradise coal plant in Muhlenberg County Thursday.
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A new report found that utilities across the country, including in Kentucky, have made little progress in meeting their own climate goals.
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A Hopkins County coal miner is dead after being struck by a coal scoop Tuesday. Philip Ramsey, 58, of Madisonville was killed at the Cardinal Mine in…
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On a cool but clear November day about a dozen residents from eastern Kentucky’s coal mining region crowded into the lobby of an office building in the…
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Both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senate candidates are campaigning in eastern Kentucky today as the race picks up steam heading into the annual Fancy Farm picnic…
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A new documentary explores the Welsh experience and what lessons it could hold for Appalachia.
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Two bills before the Kentucky House would change the way the state taxes coal that’s left in the ground.The “unmined minerals tax” applies to minerals…
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Kentucky regulators are petitioning the EPA to re-open the public comment period on the federal carbon dioxide rules that were finalized in June.The…