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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

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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

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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


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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

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Week in Washington: Registration and Scholarship Applications Now Open!

For more information, visit the Alliance for Appalachia's website or the ILoveMountains online resources for the Week in Washington. Scholarship ... Read This Post

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Nominate a Local Hero: Champions for Open Government

As part of Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information, some ... Read This Post


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Kentuckians Consider Clean Energy Benefits at a Statewide Summit

Kentuckians, including many citizens and entrepreneurs from Eastern Kentucky demonstrated that they are ready for the benefits that clean energy will ... Read This Post

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Government Funding for Clean Tech Spurs Private Investment

Following up on yesterday’s story about solar projects in coal country, Fast Company has a story on government funding of clean energy projects ... Read This Post

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Underemployed West Virginia Coal Miners Put to Work in Solar Energy

By VICKI SMITH , 02.02.11, 01:23 PM EST Re-posted from: ... Read This Post


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Upcoming USDA Program and Grant Deadlines

Reposted from our friends at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition:In case you haven’t kept track of all of the blogs we’ve posted about ... Read This Post

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State of Appalachia in State of the Union?

Today, on his blog Coal Tattoo, Ken Ward asked "What should President Obama say about the coal industry’s future in his State of the Union address?" ... Read This Post

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Ky. Students Can Apply for Grants to Save Energy

As reported Monday, by the Associated Press:FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky school students who work to save energy or make schools more energy ... Read This Post


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