This Kentucky land was devastated by strip mining—now, activists want to bring the bison back
A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: ...
Kentucky’s Mountaintop Mines Are Turned Into Neighborhoods
As the risk of extreme flooding increases with climate change, an effort is underway to relocate hundreds of flood survivors ...
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Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land
On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering at the foot of a reclaimed strip mine to celebrate a homecoming. “It’s a return of an ...
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Savion commissions 111MW Kentucky solar plant on reclaimed coal mine
US solar developer Savion has commissioned the Martin County Solar Project (MCSP) in the US state of Kentucky, its first to be designed and built on a reclaimed coal mine. MCSP is a 111MW project ...
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Shell Group Company Starts Solar Farm at Former Kentucky Coal Mine
January 14, 2025 at 11:06 a.m. ·3 min read A 111-MW solar power facility built on reclaimed land at a former coal mine site in Kentucky has entered commercial operation. The Martin County Solar ...