Daily Independent (Ashland, KY) Science/Environment 2012-02-11T05:23:49-05:00 urn:uuid:be942873-a22f-4141-900d-0b2ad3383719 Clean-coal project pushing for help from lawmakers ROGER ALFORD urn:uuid:f05b0dbb-9b20-4e00-a64a-e90541cdeb6d 2010-02-25T22:06:00-05:00 Backers of the proposed $2 billion Cash Creek coal-gasification project in western Kentucky asked lawmakers Thursday to pass legislation that would force utilities to purchase the higher-priced electricity it would generate. Coal legislators defend industry as activists call for change RONNIE ELLIS urn:uuid:7fe85ae1-73ed-45ae-b067-091049686645 2010-02-25T19:36:00-05:00 Coal came under attack Thursday in Frankfort from a citizen activist group but not much is likely to change according to some key lawmakers. Grayson airs TV ad attacking Rand Paul on coal ROGER ALFORD urn:uuid:f85691c5-08ee-41b7-950a-c1b7fd49a0c9 2010-02-23T09:45:00-05:00 Republican Trey Grayson paints himself as pro-coal and pegs the perceived frontrunner in the U.S. Senate race as unfriendly to the mining industry in a political ad airing in the mining region of eastern Kentucky. Beleaguered US to blow up its chemical stockpiles JEFFREY McMURRAY urn:uuid:c1ab0706-61f3-4764-9859-740b99f97714 2010-02-19T09:19:00-05:00 Under the gun to destroy the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile — and now all but certain to miss their deadline — Army officials have a plan to hasten the process: Blow some of them up. Appalachian strip mines have long-term environmental effect By JOHN HALE and AL CROSS urn:uuid:e1e975db-91af-47cc-8a72-47977d35ccdf 2010-02-19T08:04:00-05:00 Reclaimed surface mines in Central Appalachia have continuing environmental impact after their reclamation bonds are released but are not commonly monitored by state and federal regulators, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. UN climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging ARTHUR MAX urn:uuid:2cdd9dc0-271f-457d-b00a-3b10faf098c7 2010-02-18T15:36:00-05:00 The sharp-tongued U.N. official who shepherded troubled climate talks for nearly four years announced his resignation Thursday, leaving an uncertain path to a new treaty on global warming. Ky. National Guard adds solar panels to facility urn:uuid:785bdd40-d3b5-46b0-acd9-a4845d7ce9a7 2010-02-18T15:34:00-05:00 The Kentucky National Guard is going green. Bees impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining urn:uuid:302a4b9a-f4b6-4e9d-b648-9ad4ab0e702d 2010-02-18T15:23:00-05:00 Mountaintop removal coal mining is destroying the flowering trees and plants that honey bees depend on for food in the central Appalachians. Cold Spring man has eye on the sky KEVIN KELLY urn:uuid:799fab3c-2020-4511-afd3-151fce059ca4 2010-02-15T09:19:00-05:00 Fred Calvert doesn't have to go far for a view that's out of this world. Still time for public to comment on Ky.'s forest urn:uuid:8b1a711d-655f-4a84-a862-ebe862a83533 2010-02-15T09:11:00-05:00 Kentuckians with an interest in the state's trees and forests are being asked to comment on a draft report that outlines forest-related issues.