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2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: The Fifth Edition
This list profiles the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2020 General Assembly, through February 7, 2020.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: 4th Edition
Read the 4th edition of the 2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching.
Continue readingKRC Opposes Significant Expansion Of Criminal Liability Relating to Infrastructure
In testimony before the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee on January 30, 202, KRC voiced grave concerns regarding the expansive broadening of criminal liability with respect to "key infrastructure assets."
Continue readingCircuit Court Win In Clark County Zoning Case
Clark Circuit Court Affirms Board of Adjustment Decision That Scrap Facility Expanded Impermissibly
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Legislative Update Week #3
2020 General Assembly: Legislative Update Week #3. Catch up on what's happened this week.
Continue readingKRC Voices Concerns With House Bill 247
KRC Expresses Concerns With Exempting Municipal Electricity And Natural Gas Purchases And Sales From Competitive Bidding
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Legislative Update Week #2
Read the second legislative update on the bills we're following in the Kentucky 2020 General Assembly.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: First Edition
Here is the 1st Edition of the 2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching!
Continue readingKRC Endorses Sierra Club Comments In Opposition to Harlan County Strip Mine
KRC Endorses Sierra Club Comments In Opposition To Section 404 Permit for Proposed Harlan County Strip Mine
Continue readingNucor Construction on the Bank of the Ohio River
KRC comments on the request by the Nucor Corporation for Section 404 Permit for their proposed Brandenburg, Kentucky steel plate mill.
Continue readingKRC Assists Residents of Powell County in Challenging Proposed Landfill
KRC represents Powell County citizens in challenging the issuance of a "less-than-one-acre" construction and demolition debris (CDD) landfill issued by the Energy and Environment Cabinet to Blaze Enterprises LLC.
Continue readingKRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Requesting Predecisional Review By DBNF Supervisor Of Pine Creek Forest Project
In written comments filed, KRC joined Kentucky Heartwood in requesting that the Daniel Boone National Forest Supervisor conduct predecisional review of certain remaining issues.
Continue readingKRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Requesting Predecisional Review By DBNF Supervisor Of Pine Creek Forest Project
KRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Requesting Predecisional Review By DBNF Supervisor Of Pine Creek Forest Project
Continue readingSupplemental Comments on the Consideration of Net Metering
Supplemental Comments on the Consideration of Net Metering
Continue readingHost 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
Continue readingLet Your Voice Be Heard On the Future of Net Metering in Kentucky!
Please attend and participate at the Public Hearing on November 13, 2019 at 9 a.m. EST at the offices of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, 211 Sower Blvd. Frankfort, Kentucky.
Continue readingCase Update: Bernheim Arboretum & I-65/I-71
Governor Bevin and Transportation Cabinet Secretary Thomas announced that the proposed I-65 / I-71 Regional Connector Planning Study will no longer consider crossing through property owned by the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.
Continue readingLong-time KRC Member Comments On R&R Septic Permit Amendment
What verification is provided by the Division of Waste Mgmt. regarding.
Continue readingPreliminary Comments on Net-Metering in Kentucky
In the matter of electronic consideration of the implementation of the net metering act, Kentucky Resources Council submits preliminary consideration for the solar energy net-metering issue in Kentucky.
Continue readingKRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Commenting On Draft Environmental Assessment for the Pine Creek Forest Reforestation Project
KRC Joins Kentucky Heartwood In Comments On the Pine Creek Forest Reforestation Project
Continue readingThe Kentucky Resources Council is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the conservation and prudent use of Kentucky’s natural resources. Since 1984, we have dedicated ourselves to protecting Kentucky’s land, air, water, and communities.