Paducah Middle School student – Emily Hahn, 13 – won the 2012 “Capture the Earth” digital photography contest sponsored by the Energy and Environment Cabinet. This year’s theme was Celebrating Kentucky’s Forests. Here’s the winning photo: CLICK TO ENLARGE It’s a tree that survived the 2009 ice storm. “The Greenway Trail is a fairly new [...]

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Here comes Wayne T. Rutherford foaming at the mouth about the faux “war on coal.” Maybe he should stick to covering up for people like Keith Hall. [H-L] If you think Hillary Clinton isn’t considering a run for the presidency after Barack Obama’s second term, you’ll probably want to read this. [NYT] Hal Rogers’ staff [...]

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Mitch McConnell opposed a major farm bill. It must not have included billions in incentives for foreign shipping magnates. [Politico] It’s tough not to roll your eyes when “leaders” get together to exchange ideas for transforming the economy of Eastern Kentucky. [H-L] Do you feel safer now? The House of Representatives passed cybersecurity legislation Thursday [...]

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Steve Beshear says state government has been single-minded about getting the Eggners Ferry Bridge reopened since the crash. But – as we told you a couple weeks ago – that’s not based in reality. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has been spending thousands of dollars to try to deflect blame and responsibility. [H-L] You’ll probably want [...]

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The faux Family Foundation continues to rail against instant racing and anything that it thinks will upset Jesus or whatever. So the appeals court will offer a ruling in 4-6 weeks. [H-L] A top Obama administration official on Tuesday accused lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives of living in a world of “fairy tales [...]

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Steve Beshear has proclaimed this Earth Week in Kentucky. In honor of Earth Week, the Energy and Environment Cabinet issued a press release about it on Friday. It contained this bit: In recognition of Earth Day, Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) Secretary Len Peters Thursday visited the Early Learning Village in Frankfort where he read [...]

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New data from the federal government shows the amount of coal transported by rail has declined sharply this year: its’s at the lowest level since 1994. [WFPL] The Lundergan Family brought President Bill Clinton back to Kentucky today and everyone in Lexington is still freaking out. [H-L] That welfare recipient drug testing law in Georgia? [...]

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Last week Papaw Beshear and Jane released their first video in a long time. It was all about the Energy Star Award and how “an entire administration” is pretending to love the environment: Apparently, nothing else was going on last week. What was that, again, about mountaintop removal? Always deferring to King Coal? Playing pat-a-cake [...]

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The Richmond Register and the Madison County Health Department are in a battle over open records. Looks like yet another government agency in Kentucky is trying to play pat-a-cake with your tax dollars. [Richmond Register] The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights last week publicly accepted three conciliation agreements in fair housing cases, including one in [...]

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Next week, the EEC will judge the second annual Capture the Earth middle school digital photography contest. More than 30 entries were received this year so it’s probably going to be a ton of fun. Stay tuned. [EEC Stuff] What would you do if your home, place of employment and entire community were wiped off [...]

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