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Appalachian Transition: Underemployed West Virginia Coal Miners Put to Work in Solar Energy
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Thursday, February 3, 2011. Underemployed West Virginia Coal Miners Put to Work in Solar Energy. By VICKI SMITH , 02.02.11, 01:23 PM EST. Re-posted from: http:/ www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/02/business-us-solar-in-the-coalfields-west-virginia 8288241.html. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -. The 40- by 15-foot array going up on a doctor's office in Williamson is significant not for its size but for its location: It signals to an area long reliant on mining that there can be life beyond coal. This is the first sign f...
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Appalachian Transition: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Coal Miners, Environmentalists Find Common Ground at IL Event. See more on the Sierra Club blog. Here More about Jeff Biggers and his work is available here. Coal Miners, Environmentalists Find Common Ground at IL Event. The Sangamon Valley group of the Illiois Sierra Club. Held an event earlier this month that brought together two groups most normally wouldn't think to find in the same place. Author, reporter,. Spoke to the crowd about his latest book,. After the talk, the cr...
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Appalachian Transition: Upcoming USDA Program and Grant Deadlines
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Upcoming USDA Program and Grant Deadlines. Reposted from our friends at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. In case you haven’t kept track of all of the blogs we’ve posted about USDA conservation and competitive grant programs over the past few months, here is a handy summary of the USDA programs with upcoming enrollment or application deadlines:. Sign-up Deadlines for USDA Conservation Programs:. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Organic Initiative.
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Appalachian Transition: Nominate a Local Hero: Champions for Open Government
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011. Nominate a Local Hero: Champions for Open Government. As reported by our friends at the Rural Blog. As part of Sunshine Week. The winner of the Local Heroes contest will receive an expenses-paid trip in April to San Diego to be honored by the nation’s newsroom leaders at the 2011 ASNE convention. Second- and third-place winners will receive $500 and $250 prizes, respectively, according to the Sunshine Week Web site. Posted by Kristin Tracz. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Appalachian Transition: January 2011
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. State of Appalachia in State of the Union? Today, on his blog Coal Tattoo. Ken Ward asked " What should President Obama say about the coal industry’s future in his State of the Union address? We want to hear your thoughts too- whether in the comments here, or over at Coal Tattoo. What are you expecting to hear about coal and about Appalachia's Transition more broadly tonight? So, why shouldn. 8217;t Coal Tattoo get into the act? I’d like to hear from readers on various si...
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Appalachian Transition: Government Funding for Clean Tech Spurs Private Investment
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Friday, February 4, 2011. Government Funding for Clean Tech Spurs Private Investment. Following up on yesterday’s story about solar projects in coal country. Fast Company has a story on government funding of clean energy projects yielding private investment. Maybe some of those resources can be deployed here in our region. From Fast Company’s Ariel Schwartz. The US. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy ( ARPA-E. This amount of private capital support indicates that the busines...
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Appalachian Transition: 400 Solar Power Users Paid For Electricity In Tennessee--We Want What They're Having!
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011. 400 Solar Power Users Paid For Electricity In Tennessee- We Want What They're Having! Program, that we've discussed before. A bill has been introduced in Kentucky's legislature that would expand this type of program, currently available in TVA's. Service region- which includes parts of southeastern Kentucky- throughout the Commonwealth. More information on Clean Energy Opportunity Act. Introduced by Rep. Mary Lou Marzian. City, Carly and Ed Wansing. Have a $100 credit on thei...
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Appalachian Transition: Roadmaps to New Power: Interview With Rory McIlmoil, 'Tesla of the Coalfields' on Green Jobs
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Friday, February 11, 2011. Roadmaps to New Power: Interview With Rory McIlmoil, 'Tesla of the Coalfields' on Green Jobs. Check out this interview. With ATI partner Rory McIlmoil, of Downstream Strategies. 8212;coming on the heels of Rory’s presentation at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs. National Conference earlier this week, we’re glad to see Rory’s work getting media attention. First Posted on Huffington Post 2/10 by Jeff Biggers. Roadmaps to New Power" is a series. Or, as GOP members. While there is a lot o...
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Appalachian Transition: Kentuckians Consider Clean Energy Benefits at a Statewide Summit
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Friday, February 4, 2011. Kentuckians Consider Clean Energy Benefits at a Statewide Summit. Kentuckians, including many citizens and entrepreneurs from Eastern Kentucky demonstrated that they are ready for the benefits that clean energy will bring to Kentucky by attending a conference sponsored by the recently-formed Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance. Hear a podcast produced by WMMT out of Whitesburg, KY on the day by clicking here. The first-ever Kentucky Clean Energy Summit. Carmen Stine and Shari B...
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MACED Research and Policy Overview
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Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance. Working Poor Families Project. Resources for Business Owners. Center for Forest and Wood Certification. Kentucky Forest Landowner's Handbook. Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. An Energy Audit Example. Customers' Frequently Asked Questions. Ways to Save at Work. Energy Saving Fact Sheets. Research and policy overview. The program also includes the Appalachian Transition Initiative, an effort to promote an active, participatory a...
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