‘Kentucky Rising’ asks justified questions about governor’s disregard for EPA

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http://kykernel.com/2011/02/13/%E2%80%98kentucky-rising%E2%80%99-asks-justified-questions-about-governor%E2%80%99s-disregard-for-epa/ = via Kentucky Kernel

You have to respect people with standards — standards of humanity.

The 14 sit-in protesters in Frankfort this weekend, dubbed “Kentucky Rising,” fit that bill.

These weren’t just any people. Kentucky authors and activists Wendell Berry, Silas House and Erik Reece, as well as professors, a retired coal miner, a graduate student, a filmmaker and others, joined in the initiative.

And the weekend’s sit-in wasn’t just for show. The group believed the state administration got it wrong when it put coal companies’ interests first and disregarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate.

According to an Oct. 18, 2010, news release from Gov. Beshear’s government web page, Beshear filed a lawsuit against the EPA, with support from the Kentucky Coal Association and the Energy and Environment Cabinet in District Court, concerning coal mining permits under the EPA’s Clean Water Act.


Video - What life is like in Coal Country - In Memory of Judy Bond: http://www.blip.tv/file/4159190/

[Petrushka]

1. More --->

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/live-at-the-ky-capitol-on_b_822537.html


K&R :kick:

[era veteran]

2. Beshear is such a tool

DINO