I don't get to brag on my fellow Kentuckians nearly as often as I would like. However, last week Representatives John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler stood up against Mountaintop Removal in sponsoring the Clean Water Protection Act. That's one reason to cheer. And they're not the only ones from the Bluegra...

Just over half the electricity generated in the United States comes from burning coal. If you're concerned about climate change (and who wouldn't be?) that figure alone is alarming. However, while it will take big changes nationally to affect the role of coal in our electrical production, there's on...

Yesterday, 14 people were arrested as part of a non-violent protest of a plan to blow up and pull down a mountain in West Virginia in order to obtain the coal that lies within. The protesters’ rallying cry: “Windmills, not toxic spills”. Right next to the mountain is an artificial ...

It’s tough to look at the last year and imagine that 2008 was good by any standard. The war in Iraq continued (though it is finally, slowly, beginning to end). And the bombings in Gaza and Mumbai alike reminded us that there are many conflicts in the world that demand our attention and respons...