This Kentucky land was devastated by strip mining—now, activists want to bring the bison back
A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: ...
Kentucky’s Mountaintop Mines Are Turned Into Neighborhoods
As the risk of extreme flooding increases with climate change, an effort is underway to relocate hundreds of flood survivors ...
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Kentucky’s newest solar farm is now active. Most of its power goes to Toyota.
Kentucky’s newest solar farm is up and running in Martin County. The Martin County Solar Project is an 850-acre plot built on the old Martiki coal mine. With over 214,000 double-sided solar ...
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Nearly 300 Kentuckians slated to lose their jobs following announcement of mine closure
Read more of the latest Kentucky news “One out of five U.S. operating coal mines are located in Kentucky, and it has more mines than in any other state except for West Virginia,” the U.S ...
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Shell Group Company Starts Solar Farm at Former Kentucky Coal Mine
A 111-MW solar power facility built on reclaimed land at a former coal mine site in Kentucky has entered commercial operation. The Martin County Solar Project (MCSP), developed, built, owned and ...