See the original op-ed in the Charleston Daily Mail. West Virginians must face coal's future: We need to tax coal to help cover what it costs ... Read This Post
Policy
“Rural STAR” passes the House
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 240-172 to pass the Rural Energy Savings Program Act (H.R. 4785) with the goal of helping rural ... Read This Post
Survey Says…Kentucky DOES Have Viable Wind Potential!
Last week, the Kentucky Renewable Energy Consortium (KREC) and the Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence hosted a webinar to ... Read This Post
OSM Open House Today in Hazard 3-9pm
For those who can attend in person, the Open House is today from 3pm – 9pm at the Hazard Community College located at One Community College ... Read This Post
Federal Funding to the States: Saving and Creating Jobs
The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers recently released the 2nd Quarter 2010 report about jobs saved or created as a result of the American ... Read This Post
Two Announcements from the Office of Surface Mining
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is hosting a series of open houses related to the scope of an Environmental Impact ... Read This Post
ATI Meeting and ARDI Update
Over forty representatives of organizations from around the Central Appalachian region met at Jenny Wiley State Park on July 1 to continue ... Read This Post
Coal Conversation Continues Across Appalachia
Conversations about coal often turn to intense predictions about its fate – as an energy source, a job source, and a defining element of the ... Read This Post
KySEA Meeting a Big Success
The Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance held a meeting June 1 at the Lexington Public Library’s Northside Branch. The meeting was open not only ... Read This Post
Central Appalachian Schools Lose in Education Funding Formula
Coming reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act has brought up serious issues with the formula the federal government ... Read This Post
New Funding Opportunities for EE/RE Advancement
Several funding opportunities in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy are currently available! See below for details: EE/RE JOB ... Read This Post
The Limits of Industrial Recruitment
The challenge of overreliance on industrial recruitment as an economic development strategy came clear in an article in today’s Lexington ... Read This Post