Energy and Environment 101
Host Agreements 101
Host Agreements 101 provides information to government solid waste management areas and to the public concerning the role that host agreements can play in assuring that the concerns of counties and communities hosting solid waste landfills
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Electronic Waste: Making the Case for E-Waste Recycling Programs
Despite the fact that almost all e-waste can be reused, refurbished, or recycled, only 20% is actually handled appropriately due in large part to the lack of regulation and recycling infrastructure.
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Environmental Justice 101
Environmental justice is a concept that proposes a more equitable distribution of pollution burdens throughout the United States. Kentucky Resources Council's policy team, Tom FitzGerald, and Liz Edmondson outline the steps needed to pursue this.
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KRC Participates In Panel Discussion On EPA's Clean Power Plan At Governor's Conference On The Environment
KRC Participates In Panel Discussion On EPA's Clean Power Plan At Governor's Conference On The Environment
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Eminent Domain Explored
Understanding Eminent Domain in Kentucky and how it relates to the Bluegrass Pipeline Project
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Where to take those old computers and monitors.
Don't throw them out! There is an eco-friendly option right here in Kentucky.
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Energy and the Environment: A Speech
Tom FitzGerald, director of KRC, presents. The regulatory goal for state and federal agencies regulating coal extraction, combustion, and disposal should be conservative design, not minimum compliance.
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Environmental Concerns With Mining
The mining industry has been skating on the edge with their approach to worker safety and mining, and to social responsibility, and it has brought its woes on itself, and that the viability of the eastern coal industry.
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Nuclear Half-Life
What the kids in Paducah have in common with the children of Chernobyl, and $1500 to the best Plutonium Memorial.
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