Wendell Berry interview on the Capitol sit-in
KFTC just posted this interview that the great Wendell Berry and Teri Blanton gave on their February sit-in at Governor Beshear’s office. Get off his back Wendell and Teri!
View ArticleKDP launches David Williams clock
The KDP launched a new site to go with their revelation on Tuesday that David Williams used to be for gubernatorial candidates releasing their tax returns, before he was against it. Here’s the site. I...
View ArticleGov. Beshear issues more Earth Day satire
Ken Ham isn’t the only person dishing out the Earth Day funnies today. On the heels of last week’s hilarious Earth Day satire video, Governor Beshear gives us a satirical press release touting his new...
View ArticleYarmuth on the morality of mountaintop removal (VIDEO)
Here’s John Yarmuth getting his awesome on, starting around :25.
View ArticleMountaintop Removal on Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert plays the role of Steve Beshear/Mitch McConnell/Jim Gooch/Greg Stumbo…. OK, pretty much everyone in Kentucky besides John Yarmuth and Kathy Stein. The Colbert ReportTags: Colbert Report...
View ArticleStudy shows mountaintop removal linked to birth defects
Get off our backs, etc… From KFTC, Coal River Mountain Watch, Kentucky Environmental Foundation, and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition: An important new study conducted by Dr. Melissa Ahern at...
View ArticleKing Coal shifts blame from themselves to those inbred hillbillies that work...
When the study came out three weeks ago showing that mountaintop removal was linked to a rise in birth defects, I was wondering how long if would take for some “scientists” paid by the “mountaintop...
View ArticleTo Do: Go see ‘The Last Mountain’ this Friday…
The Last Mountain premieres this Friday at The Kentucky Theater. The movie, which played Sundance earlier this year, is on a rolling release which means each weekend in each new city, there are people...
View ArticleAppalachian voters oppose mountaintop removal
Sadly, they’re represented by Congressmen and Governors who are owned by King Coal. A new poll of likely voters out today finds folks pretty much united in their sentiments: Voters across Kentucky,...
View ArticleTennessee Senate to Debate Mountaintop Removal
Via the always great Coal Tattoo: Anti-mountaintop removal activists are working overtime this week (see here and here), trying to draw attention to a vote expected in the Tennessee General Assembly on...
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