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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
