Environment
Controversial Eastern Kentucky Biomass Plant Plan Close To Kaput
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A controversial biomass plant proposed for eastern Kentucky has moved closer to extinction following a ruling Thursday by the state Public Service Commission.
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/tag/brandon-smith/)
A controversial biomass plant proposed for eastern Kentucky has moved closer to extinction following a ruling Thursday by the state Public Service Commission.
Long-delayed plans to build a controversial biomass-fueled power plant in eastern Kentucky took a step forward last week following a ruling in Franklin Circuit Court.
More information surfaces on the people and money behind a proposed biomass-burning, electricity-generating plant in eastern Kentucky.
The story behind a billion-dollar biomass project that would have a huge impact in eastern Kentucky.
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.