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Request for Extension of Commenting Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
Kentucky Resources Council signed on with 79 other organizations to request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) an extension of all commenting periods and postponement of public hearings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #13
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 Regular Session, complete through April 1, 2020.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #12
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 Regular Session, complete through March 27.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #11
Read about the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2020 General Assembly Regular Session, complete through March 19th, 2020.
Continue readingKRC Joins In Call To Withdraw Regulations Weakening NEPA
KRC was proud to join with 330 other conservation, health, and justice organizations in calling for withdrawal of regulations that would weaken the National Environmental Policy Act.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #10
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 Regular Session.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #9
Every week, KRC profiles the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2020 General Assembly Regular Session. Current through March 6.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #8
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 Regular Session, complete through February 28th.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching: #7
Read more about the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is supporting, opposing, and tracking during the 2020 General Assembly Regular Session.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #6
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 Regular Session, complete through February 14, 2020.
Continue reading2020 General Assembly: Bills We're Watching #5
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 #4
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 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.
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