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Coal truck flips on Ky. 150 north of Stanford, injuring one
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — It was a cold and slow morning for traffic on westbound U.S. 150 between Stanford and Danville Wednesday, after a semi-truck carrying a full load of coal overturned on the slick roads. Stanford Fire Chief Scott Maples said the driver of...Tags: Road Transportation, Traffic, Travel, Transportation
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GUEST COLUMN: 'Fake' miner is a new GOP star
Contributing WriterA new political star was born during Tuesday’s elections in central Kentucky. His name is Heath Lovell. Heath Lovell wasn’t on any ballot but he played a big role in Republican Andy Barr’s defeat of Democratic 6th District U.S. Rep. Ben...Tags: Ben Chandler, Politics, Primaries, John McCain, Republican Party
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Confidence high at Clark County Republican rally
The Winchester SunRepublicans were not short of confidence Thursday at a rally in front of the Clark County Courthouse. Clark County Republican Party Chairman Bob Mayfield predicted a Republican victory in the race for state representative between his wife, incumbent...Tags: Ben Chandler, Politics, Parties and Movements, Metal and Mineral, Mining
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Clark Co. Forum: State auditor stands in for Chandler to spar with Barr
By Rachel Gilliam The Winchester Sun The Clark County Candidates Forum included candidates for national office for the first time during the 2012 event Thursday night. Republican challenger for the Sixth District Congressional seat Andy Barr faced state...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Leggett & Platt Incorporated, Accounting and Auditing, Politics, Metal and Mineral
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MSNBC's Matthews, 'Hardball' provide 'true debate atmosphere'
tkleffman@amnews.comIf you weren’t VIP enough to get inside the Norton Center to watch the debate in person or credentialed enough hang out with the media and pols in Spin Alley, the only place to be Thursday night for news and political junkies was in front of the...Tags: Bret Baier, MSNBC (tv network), The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Megyn Kelly
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 1, 2012
Chandler travel at taxpayer expense Dear editor, Ben Chandler has spent more time learning about global warming in luxurious and exotic locales than he has ever spent, or will spend, anywhere near a coal mine, and he didn’t have to pay for one...
Tags: Weather, Politics, Global Change, Wildlife, Mining
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EPA foils aluminum in Kentucky
Contributing columnistKentuckians weren’t surprised to hear recently that Abound Solar, a federally subsidized solar-power manufacturer, declared bankruptcy. Why should we be? Unintended consequences always accompany each attempt by our Environmental Protection Agency...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Companies and Corporations, Century Aluminum Company, Labor Markets
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EPA regulations crowding out aluminum
Guest ColumnistKentuckians weren’t surprised to hear recently that Abound Solar, a federally subsidized solar-power manufacturer, declared bankruptcy. Why should we be? Unintended consequences always accompany each attempt by our Environmental Protection Agency...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Companies and Corporations, Century Aluminum Company, Labor Markets
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Waters: Fudging results with jobs at stake
Have you heard the one about the analysts who were bullied by a powerful president to change their findings that a proposed clean water regulation by the federal government would cost 7,000 American coal miners their jobs?
The punch line: The firms...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Steve Beshear, Barack Obama, Government, Politics
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Coal needs fair shake in energy discussions
Guest ColumnistWhen Robert Kennedy Jr. appeared at the University of Kentucky last year, he — as many alternative energy proponents often do — referred to the Midwest as being the Saudi Arabia of wind energy. Well, I had occasion to drive through “...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Petroleum Industry, Renewable Energy, Mining, Hampton Roads
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Coal the problem, not the solution
A recent opinion piece promoted the use of coal to wean us off of foreign oil. The author didn’t feel that wind would do the trick. His opinion was supported by little other than what he saw out his car window and a version of reality that is far-...Tags: Saudi Arabia
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Coal is the solution
If coal is the problem and not the solution to our energy needs, then there is no solution for people who cannot afford to purchase bottled and natural gas for heating their homes in the winter, or for running air conditioners in the summer. Windmills, or...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Environmental Politics
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