WMMT's Sylvia Ryerson reports on rising electric bills in Eastern Kentucky. Visit WMMT's page to listen to or download the report. By ... Read This Post
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WV Community Development Network Meeting: March 9
From the WV Community Development Network: Don’t Miss the West Virginia Community Development Network Meeting in Beckley! The WV Community ... Read This Post
Register for the ARC Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture and Local Foodsystems in Fairmont, WV
Strengthening Local Food Networks across Appalachia: An Appalachian Regional Commission Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture and Local Food ... Read This Post
Student Series: Land, People and Development in Appalachia
University of Kentucky Instructor Amanda Fickey assigned students taking her undergraduate Land, People, and Development course last fall to ... Read This Post
Re-Imagine Appalachia and Win $500: UK Appalachian Center announces photography contest
Re-Imagine Appalachia and Win $500: UK Appalachian Center announces photography contest Barefoot children, outhouses and shacks with no running ... Read This Post
Kentucky’s Competing Energy Futures?: Coal-Reliant Kentucky Takes First Steps to Solve Energy Dilemma
Maria Gallucci has a piece on SolveClimate that looks at the competing visions of Kentucky's energy future. The two trends, one towards ... Read This Post
Know a Young Entrepreneur Who Could Use $40,000?
An announcement came our way--please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. Hitachi Foundation’s Yoshiyama Young ... Read This Post
The More You Know: Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America has Demographic, Economic and Agricultural Data
Our colleagues at the Rural Blog have a piece on USDA's Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America tool. Like the Census maps generated by the ... Read This Post
Calling for Just Transition in the Coalfields
The group that became the “Frankfort Fourteen” entered Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s office on Friday with three requests they ... Read This Post
Cut to Home Heating Program Would Hurt Appalachia
President Obama’s new budget includes a proposed 50 percent cut in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP helps ... Read This Post
Roadmaps to New Power: Interview With Rory McIlmoil, ‘Tesla of the Coalfields’ on Green Jobs
Check out this interview with ATI partner Rory McIlmoil, of Downstream Strategies—coming on the heels of Rory’s presentation at the Good Jobs, Green ... Read This Post
400 Solar Power Users Paid For Electricity In Tennessee—We Want What They’re Having!
More on TVA's Generation Partners program, that we've discussed before. A bill has been introduced in Kentucky's legislature that would expand this ... Read This Post
