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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

As Tennessee goes agog at coal-ash spill, enviros urge Obama to block more disposal in old mines

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UPDATES, Dec. 29: So many people showed up for a meeting among TVA officials and local residents that it had to be moved to the county high ...
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Big electric co-op in trouble; board has a conflict

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Kentucky utility regulators made an accounting move yesterday to help East Kentucky Power Cooperative stave off some creditors and ordered ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Injury hospitalization rate is higher in rural areas

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Injuries requiring hospitalization occur at a significantly higher rates in rural areas, according to a study that researchers say is the fi...

Gov. Palin creates Rural Subcabinet for Alaska

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Last week, we noted data indicating that reports of mass migration from rural Alaska was no more than would be expected at a time of econom...

Rural Kansas towns struggle to keep pharmacies

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Having to drive to another town to go to the store or the cinema can be a bother, but when you or a family member are sick it can be a hards...

Big Gates Foundation grant will create high-speed Internet access in libraries in seven states

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Broadband in public libraries, the only form of regular Internet access for many people in rural areas, will improve in seven states with gr...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Indiana electric co-op fighting insurance company

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Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative , which serves most of Southern Indiana, is thriving but threatened with bankruptcy -- by "an...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Old energy vs. new energy: Will Coal River Mountain be mined or be home to a wind farm?

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A seminal battle between old, extractive energy and new, renewable energy is shaping up on the aptly named Coal River Mountain in southern W...

Obama expected to name advocates of strong action against global warming to top science posts

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By selecting "two of the nation's most prominent scientific advocates for a vigorous response to climate change to serve in his adm...

Ala. studying good rural schools to see what works

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Rural schools in Alabama generally score lower on achievement tests, and are more likely to have dropouts, but a few, such as J.S. Ervin Ele...

Rule would ease motorcycling restrictions in parks

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With only a month left in the Bush administration, another proposal has been made to ease regulations for the National Park Service . This ...

Clean-coal backers want stimulus to revive project

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Electric and coal companies want President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan to include a restart of their project to build the first c...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

New York Times notices that smaller papers have fewer people to cover congressional delegations

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We suppose they've noticed for some time, but our friends at The New York Times have a story today about a phenomenon that we've be...

Education Department expands privacy of school records, bringing objections from journalists

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In new regulations issued under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), also known as the Buckley Amendment, the U.S. Departm...

Ethanol industry wants a piece of Obama stimulus

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Ethanol distillers want "an immediate $1 billion to finance current operations and avoid layoffs and a $50 billion federal loan guarant...
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Rural N.C. school district recruits teachers locally

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One rural North Carolina community has started a "teacher cadet" program to recruit local students to return to their hometown to ...

Salazar, Vilsack will be Cabinet's rural voices

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President-elect Barack Obama's picks to head the agriculture and interior departments will provide "two rural-tuned voices to the C...
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State budget cuts hurt localities, mine inspections

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States expect to fall $30 billion short of covering their budgeted expenses in the fiscal year that ends June 30, according to the National ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

An ode to a community newspaper, near death

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UPDATE, Dec. 23: Qunnipiac University journalism professor and former metro editor Paul Janensch warns in The Connecticut Post of Bridgepor...
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Energy secretary pick called coal 'worst nightmare'

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"President-elect Barack Obama's pick for U.S. energy secretary isn't sold on the idea that technology to capture greenhouse emi...