Clean Air, Clean Energy

Citizens Say No to Kentucky Power Electric Rate Increase More than 1,000 comments turned in urging Public Service Commission to reject Kentucky Power Company’s proposed 30% rate increase. Click here to read Sierra Club Press Release.

The Toxic Air Burden From Industrial Power plants
Just unveiled a map and white paper sharing details on the polluters and the type of pollutants being released.

Report
by Earthjustice

Click on Map   to access interactive map showing industries in your State

Click here for Report

KEF Releases "Health Impacts of Coal and
Clean Energy Options in Kentucky”

01.24.12 Press Release TOXIC COAL VS CLEAN ENERGY: New Report Examines How KY Energy Policies Impact the Health of KY Families To access "Health Impacts of Coal and Clean Energy Options in Kentucky", Click on report image at right.

New Study Finds State Protections for Coal Ash
Grossly Inadequate
KY regulations lack critical safeguards for public health, allow
operation of dangerous dumps

08.17.11 Press Release
07.28.11 The Study: State of Failure--How States Fail to Protect Our Health &
Drinking Water from Toxic Coal Ash

Report Reveals High Birth Defect Rates in
Mountain Top Mining Communities

06.21.11 Press Release
Questions & Answers on Mountain Top Mining Birth Defects

What's the State of Your Air?

Air quality matters--We all have to breathe Unfortunately too many Kentuckians are living in places where the air they breathe is harming their health. The American Lung Association just released their 12th annual report on air quality "State of the Air 2011."

The report assigns grades for two different types of air pollution: ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot) and lists America's most polluted cities. Two of Kentucky's cities -- Louisville and Ashland -- as well as areas in Northern Kentucky around Cincinnati, fall into this category. But that doesn't mean the rest of Kentucky is off the hook; we all deserve the best possible air quality. Supporting policy that cleans up the air and allows the EPA to do its job makes for healthier Kentuckians. Enter your zip code below to learn about the air quality in your county OR, you may learn there are no air pollution monitors in your county at all. CHECK IT OUT.

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KEF files Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue the EPA for failing to take action on KY State Implementation Plans for curbing harmful levels of soot. 04.15.11 Press Release Click  HERE to access NOI

03.08.11 Press Release City of Berea, KY to Develop Energy Cost Savings Plan

To see Letter sent click here.

01.20.11 Press Release
EPA Agrees to Issue Decision on KY Pollution Plans
KEF Argues Plans Aren't Protective of Public Health

BIG NEWS!!
EKPC agrees to cancel plans for Smith 1
 
11.18.10 Press Release
Coalition of ratepayers & public interest groups reach accord with EKPC
Electric cooperative agrees to cancel Smith coal-burning plant, save rate payer dollars, invest in cleaner options for the co-op

Click HERE to access Final Settlement Agreement

KEF's Best 20th Anniversary Present, EVER
& a Victory for Clean Air & Clean Energy in KY

A big thank-you to our partners:  Kentuckians for the Commonwealth,
the Sierra Club and individual plaintiffs Wendell Berry, Father John Rausch
and Dr. John A. Patterson, MD, MSPH

Clean Air/Clean Energy Archive
Press Releases & Reports

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           Op-Ed by Dr. Vicki Holmberg

Lexington Herald-Leader 04/12/11  "Medical groups pushed EPA on mercury"

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Nov. 2010 REPORT from Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED)



Click above to access report.

NEWS


Lexington Herald-Leader
02/14/12 "Hundreds decry mountaintop removal at Capitol rally"
Greenwire
02/14/12 "EPA budget promises continued focus on mountaintop-removal mining"
Lexington Herald-Leader
02/07/12 "Major Appalachian coal producer closes mines as utility demand softens"
Lexington Herald-Leader
01/25/12 "Environmental group urges lawmakers to consider health impact of coal"
Louisville Courier-Journal
01/25/12 "Coal's environmental impact focus of report for legislature"
01/24/12 James Bruggers Blog "Clean energy battle in Kentucky: Tilting at windmills?"
Forbes
01/24/12 "Could Rising Healthcare and Utility Bills Get Kentucky Off Coal?"
Associated Press
01/24/12 "Study: Reduce KY coal dependency for better health"
WFPL
01/24/12 "Report Highlights Coal's Effect on Health, Pushes for Clean Energy Legislation"
Environment & Energy Daily
10/13/11  "Poll shows voter support for EPA rules"
Lexington Herald-Leader
09/27/11  "Appalachia faces steep coal decline"
09/25/11  LTEs"Get out of bed with Big Coal"
08/18/11  "Environmental groups criticize Kentucky's regulation of coal ash"
Louisville Courier-Journal
08/17/11  "Coal ash study looks at state rules, finds them lacking"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
07/14/11  "Study links birth defects to mountaintop mining"
United Press International
07/14/11  "Birth defects linked to mountaintop removal practices"
Berea Citizen
06/02/11  "Berea Students Address EPA"
Greenwire
05/17/11  "White House starts review of EPA rules for coal plants"
E&E PM
05/16/11  "EPA delays boiler rules indefinitely
ClimateWire
05/11/11  "Yes Men target Peobody as environmental groups rip AEP coal plan"
E&E Daily
05/11/11  "Coal: Ky. Dems feel indusry ire"
Louisville Courier-Journal
04/24/11  "LG&E, KU may retire coal-fired units"
Lexington Herald-Leader
04/21/11  "KU asks to expand energy efficiency programs"
E&E Daily
04/15/11  "Whitfield slams TVA settlement on coal plants"
Greenwire
04/14/11  "TVA to retire 18 coal boilers in landmark pact"
E&E Daily
04/13/11  "Rand Paul crusades against efficiency standards"
04/07/11  "Pallone reintroduces bill to curtail mountaintop removal waste"
Greenwire
04/07/11  "Court weighs EPA role in approvalof Ky. power plants"
Lexington Herald-Leader
03/25/11 "Salon event clips hair to test for mercury"
E&E News PM
03/24/11  "EPA promoted ash reuse without adequate risk data--IG"
Lexington Herald-Leader
03/23/11  Op-Ed "Ky. voices: Mothers to be, beware of mercury"
03/20/11  Editorial "Cleaning our air is worth the cost"
WEKU
03/17/11  "New EPA Proposal Stirs Controversy"
Greenwire
03/16/11  "EPA proposes toxic emissions rules for power plants"
Louisville Courier-Journal
03/16/11  "EPA proposes mercury, toxic air, limits on coal plants; rate increases likely"
E&E News PM
03/09/11  "Enviro groups accuse Ky. mining company of Clean Water Act violations" Winchester Sun
03/03/11  "Residents concerned about coal ash"
WEKU
03/03/11  "Renewable Energy Discussion in Frankfort"
E&E News PM
03/01/11  "Whitfield accedes to Waxman's demands, schedules hearing on science"
Greenwire
03/01/11  "Benefits of Clean Air Act rules to reach $2T -- EPA"
Lexington Herald-Leader
03/01/11  "PSC approves cancellation of East Ky. Power plant in Clark County"
02/27/11  "State leaders ignore energy efficiency"

Publications

• "An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Energy Efficiency  and Renewable Energy
  in the East KY Power Cooperative Region"
  prepared by the Ochs Center, July 2009
  
  
• "Preliminary Assessment of East KY
  Power Cooperative's 2009 Resource Plan"
  prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., June 2009
  
  
• "The Right Decision for Changing Times:
  How East KY Power Cooperative Ratepayers Benefit from Canceling Plans for a New Coal Burning Power Plant in Clark County" prepared by Tom Sanzillo, T.R. Rose Associates, Inc., April 2009
  
  
• "A Portfolio of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Options for East KY Power Cooperative" Susan M. Zinga and Andy Mc Donald, February 2008
• Energy Portfolio Errata