Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Summary:
New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
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During a recent wave of bankruptcies in the U.S. coal sector, Blackjewel LLC and its affiliates emerged as a vehicle for some of the least-wanted assets of larger producers looking to lean operations. The company is now trying to close the book on a bankruptcy reorganization that started in July 2019, causing uncertainty for many of its coal mining permits.
A hearing is scheduled Jan. 15 before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to confirm the Blackjewel reorganization plan, which includes a request to abandon coal permits
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 22 The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following news release:
The Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting (Siting Board) has received an application requesting a construction certificate for a solar energy project in Madison County. A review has determined that the application is complete as filed on Dec. 11, 2020. The application, from AEUG Madison Solar, LLC (Madison Solar), proposes construction of a 100 MW photovoltaic solar array on portions of approximately 1,770 acres on a site between Richmond and Ford. The majority of the project area is currently in agricultural use. The case number for Madison Solar is 2020-00219.
EastPark receives $1 5M in Abandoned Mine Lands funding herald-dispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-dispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
EEC says Team Kentucky is partnering with Kentucky s
Community Action Network to distribute these funds statewide. EEC says to receive funds, households must have an income up to 200% of the federal poverty line, have past due utility bills and have been economically impacted due to COVID-19.Â
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âWe know that many of the people who have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic also face the highest utility bills relative to their total income,â Gov. Beshear said. âThese one-time payments can make a huge difference in keeping the lights, water or heat on this winter. Kentuckians shouldnât have to choose between feeding their families and keeping them warm.â