In November, Vice President Biden joined U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the launch of the Home Energy Score pilot program ... Read This Post
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Working for the American Dream in Hocking County, Ohio
We enjoyed this profile from USA Today of a businesswoman from the Appalachian area of Ohio who was recently honored by the state as one of its most ... Read This Post
Coal Miners, Environmentalists Find Common Ground at IL Event
See more on the Sierra Club blog here. More about Jeff Biggers and his work is available here. Coal Miners, Environmentalists Find Common Ground at ... Read This Post
Community Wind across America Wind Mid Atlantic Conference — Date Change to February 2011
Windustry has announced a date change for the Community Wind across America Wind Mid Atlantic Conference, in State College, PA, originally scheduled ... Read This Post
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘War on coal’ pits miners against environmentalists
This article is part 2 of 3, in a series by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette focusing on the human aspects and conflicts related to the role of coal and ... Read This Post
Rural Development and Faith-Based Groups: Webinar 12/8
December 8, Wednesday, 2 pm Eastern The National Catholic Rural Life Conference, along with USDA's Rural Development and Center for Faith-Based and ... Read This Post
Building Clean Energy Careers in Kentucky
A new report by MACED, Building Clean Energy Careers in Kentucky, notes that Kentucky has real potential for job creation in the clean energy economy, ... Read This Post
Berea to Build Solar Energy Farm
Yesterday’s Richmond Register has a cover story on Berea Municipal Utilities’ plans to build a solar energy farm in Madison County, Kentucky. We think ... Read This Post
Energy policies relying on cheap coal have no future
By Lisa AbbottIn Wednesday’s edition of the journal Nature, an article by authors Richard Heinberg and David Fridley declares that “energy policies ... Read This Post
Kentucky Environmental Foundation’s Call-In Series on Energy Production & Health: Wed 12pm
Kentucky Environmental Foundation's Call-In Series on Energy Production & Health Approximately 93% of Kentucky's energy is generated by coal-fired ... Read This Post
Federal Agencies Announce New Effort to Improve the Economy of Appalachia
More than a dozen federal agencies announced on Friday a new collaboration in order “to strengthen and diversify the Appalachian economy, improve the ... Read This Post
Toll of Coal Health Conference: Registration Open
Toll of Coal Health ConferenceHuntington, WV, Saturday Nov. 20The Toll of Coal: Cradle to Grave Impacts of Coal on Human Healthat Marshall ... Read This Post