Sen. Robert Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat who last month became the longest-serving member of Congress in history, has a long record of supporting the coal industry.
But as world leaders prepare to meet in Copenhagen to discuss climate change policies, Byrd, 92, today issued some frank [...]
If you appreciate Senator Byrd's opinion, give his office a call to say thank you.
202-224-3954
(The following text is an opinion piece U.S. Senator Robert Byrd issued on Thursday. It appears below in its entirety.) Click [...]
When: 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 3, 2009
Where: Louisville Union Station - 1000 West Broadway
Sponsor: The Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation (CART,serving Kentucky and Southern Indiana)Event is free and open to the public
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Today is the last chance for people to help KFTC win a grant to build a website to tell the world about the "True Cost of Coal". If you haven't already, please take two minutes to visit this website and log your vote for our' [...]
Battle over annexation in Grayson
Senate 14 report from Ronnie Ellis
Petition fights tax increase in Georgetown, OH
Lexington recognizes economic importance of coal
Versailles-based Fark.com gets national deal
Senate 14: Democrat funded by special interests
Some less-than-substantial issues for 2010
Madison County moves back to paper balloting
[...](Reid Wilson, the article's author, suggests that mountaintop mining might be the key issue in this primary.)
Mongiardo, from the rural eastern part of the state, has cast himself as the candidate most likely to favor the coal industry. Conway, from Louisville, is against mountaintop removal, a controversial method of mining [...]
From the Student/Farmworker Alliance
The Student/Farmworker Alliance, in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), is calling on food service industry leaders Aramark and Sodexo to do their part to end the exploitation of farmworkers in their supply chains! Add your voice to this call today by sending a [...]
Quite possibly the most terrifying and amazing story I have ever read. Can’t wait to read his book. [MSNBC]
The Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty is not happy with Jack Conway. [KCADP]
You won’t want to miss the story of the Courier-Journal sending a demand that I remove [...]
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November 20, 2009
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Conway's Refusing to Explain Why He Invested 91% of Stock Holdings - up to $4.98 Million - in Company that Calls Investments in Clean Coal Technology "Wasting [...]
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November 19, 2009
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Annette Lee
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Conway Stands to Make Huge Profits At The Expense of Kentucky’s Coal Industry & Consumers
Conway Stonewalls Answering Why He Invested Over 90% of His Assets in [...]
Cynthia McKinney just does not care for that mean Phillip Bailey and is “inaccurate” questions. Man, that woman is insane. Hilarious interview. [LEO Weekly]
King Coal really did win. The Commonwealth of Kentucky once again loses. [Bruce Maples]
It’s a shame the bailout wasn’t for small business and homeowners in [...]
Do you have a moment to help us secure funding for an important project? KFTC is competing alongside 400 other nonprofit and social enterprise organizations for a grant to help us design and build a multimedia website designed to reveal the true costs that coal extracts on our land, our people, [...]
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November 17, 2009
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Conway Invests in the Millions on Texas Energy Products over Kentucky Coal Workers
"Jack Conway's apparent failure to report the Kinder-Morgan stock and the fact he owns millions in a Texas company that [...]
Below is a piece written by Kentucky Author and KFTC member Jason Howard, reposted from his blog, On the Margin.
Below is a speech that I gave to the Lexington Forum on 5 November, 2009. I followed Nick Carter, President and Chief Operating Officer of Natural Resources Partners L.P. and [...]
On Thursday November 5, KFTC members Vanessa Hall and Suzanne Tallichet participated in A Forum on Coal in Kentucky. The daylong event hosted by the University of Kentucky Department of Mining Engineering and the Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments sponsored the event as “a balanced discussion regarding [...]
FromLEO
River Fields and the National Trust for Historic Preservation had filed a federal lawsuit that could ultimately jeopardize the Ohio River Bridges Project (ORBP), an approved plan to build new eastern and downtown spans…
River Fields battles a bi-state coalition of government, industry and labor groups that support the [...]
Thank goodness for slow news days. Here’s your update mess a little bit early.
Governor Steve Beshear is pushing another cigarette tax increase. Get ready for the addicts and pro-cancer crowd to get fired up about their “rights” again. [C-J]
Property owners near the Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash disaster say [...]
Thank a Veteran
Local officials join FACES of coal
State revenues continue slide
Fasig-Tipton sales cut in half
H-L editors agree with Sen. Williams, scold him for it
Nov. 12 NKY TEA Party in Richwood
Kemper Foods expands by 350 jobs in New Albany
Crestview hills pushes smoking ban
Bowling Green [...]
There was a remarkable public forum at the University of Kentucky on Thursday. The moderator began by saying it reminded him of the old song Which Side Are You On?
Florence Reece, a miner’s wife, wrote that song about the economic controversies surrounding coal in Harlan County in the 1930s. Thursday’s [...]
By Halimah Abdullah - habdullah@mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON — For U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, controversial votes against a health care overhaul and for energy policies that could hurt the coal industry are floodlights signaling critics that the once seemingly unbeatable congressman may have an exposed [...] 
The League of Conservation Voters is working to get this new ad on-air:
Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell continues to shill for King Coal and Big Oil by spreading misinformation.
[...]At 1:30 on Friday November 6, the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of Joe Pizarchik to be the next director of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
The confirmation of Mr. Pizarchik had been stalled by an anonymous hold by a senator. However, on Friday his nomination was [...]
Everybody needs one of these:
Love it. Thanks to the genius who gave it to me.
Bet the University of Kentucky’s Lee Todd has thousands of these.
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