Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/series/hazard-power-plant/)
A KyCIR investigation raises questions about political maneuvering for a power plant in eastern Kentucky and whether leaders sacrificed the public good to benefit a few.
A state appeals court has derailed plans for a controversial biomass plant in eastern Kentucky. In 2014, KyCIR examined the campaign contributions and political maneuvering behind the project, which included false promises and legislation tailored solely to ease the way for the plant.
More information surfaces on the people and money behind a proposed biomass-burning, electricity-generating plant in eastern Kentucky.
Energy policy group claims wood-burning power plants just as dirty as coal plants, takes aim at eastern Kentucky biomass project.
The story behind a billion-dollar biomass project that would have a huge impact in eastern Kentucky.
Biomass facilities usually burn plant-based materials—everything from trees to wood pellets to specially-grown crops—and convert that heat into electricity. Several factors determine whether a biomass power plant is a boon or a curse for the local environment and the planet. Read more about them here.
During a two-week span in July 2011, eight eastern Kentucky politicians signed supportive but misleading letters seeking to advance the cause of a proposed biomass-burning plant in Perry County.
Most of the letters were brief, just three or four paragraphs. And unless they were laid side-by-side, it would be easy to miss the fact that they all contained virtually the same wording, paragraph by paragraph. Read them here for yourself.
A timeline of events from 2009 through today showing how the ecoPower plant came to be.