Alison Lundergan Grimes Secretly Opposes Coal Industry Says Staffers

In a blockbuster revelation that is sure to have implications on election day, Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic candidate for the Kentucky Senate, running against incumbent Mitch McConnell, is believed by her staffers to be lying about here support for coal in order to win Kentucky voters over.


Conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe and his team caught Grimes' staff talking about the cynical support of coal, undercutting the attempt by Grimes to distance herself from the very unpopular Obama, who she is in fact in align with on many issues, including her support of abortion and gay marriage.


Kentucky voters need to vote against her and her fraudalent campaign. It would be a disaster to have this anti-Christian, anti-coal person representing the people of Kentucky in the Senate, when in fact she is in support of Obama and his disastrous policies which have torn apart and decimated the nation.

Obama's Energy Policies Continue to Crush Kentucky

Democrat President Barack Obama's energy policies continue to have a negative impact on Kentucky, as coal producer James River announced it'll be laying off 525 full-time workers as a result of faltering coal markets.

According to data compiled by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, eastern Kentucky lost approximately 4,000 mining jobs in 2012.

Whether or not these mines will ever be restarted will be based upon market demand, said James River Coal.

Republican Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, said in a written statement, "The President is leading a war on coal and what that really means for Kentucky families is a war on jobs."

Kentucky Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is one of Obama's Democrats, attempted to distance herself from the policies of the president, calling his regulatory policies "overreaching," isn't believable, as she would have switched parties or run as an independent if she really felt that strongly about it.

Grimes and other Democrats need to be voted out of office in order to be sent a clear message that the people of Kentucky aren't going to embrace the radical, liberal, progressive agenda of Barack Obama, which doesn't represent the values of the people of Kentucky.

Obama's Attack on Kentucky Continues - Lies About Global Warming

In a pathetic and outright string of lies, the president of the United States, Barack Obama, used the bully pulpit in an attempt to deflect attention away from his corrupt administration and on the fictitious tale that there is something called global warming happening in the world.

He didn't mind lying, even though there has been no global warming for 17 years. So why is he doing this? He's pandering to his base, which has been upset with him, along with the majority of Americans.

This will especially hurt Kentucky, as Obama has taken aim at the coal industry specifically, saying he will further reduce carbon admissions, which would drive up the cost of energy in the state.
"The policies of this administration are threatening the very way of life that has sustained Kentucky communities for generations," U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said in a statement.

Obama has been under pressure as leaks of corruption in his administration has resulted in only 43 percent of voters approving of his performance. To that end he has had to resurrect one of the few remaining issues he has that will rally his base, which has been increasingly dissatisfied with his presidency.

One poll shows that "majorities disapprove of his handling of the deficit (63 percent disapprove), the economy (58 percent), gun control (57 percent), health care (55 percent) immigration (53 percent) and foreign policy (50 percent)."

Obama's whore, Democrat, John Yarmuth, of Louisville, as usual backed the destruction of Kentucky's way of life for a climate change work of fiction that has never existed as far as it being related to man.

The people of Kentucky can choose what direction they want to go with energy, and Obama needs to focus on cleaning his own house before he attempts to destroy so many jobs and the people that have relied on their for so many years.

This is way the people of Kentucky must vote the Democrats out of office in our own state, as they have been far too complicit in backing and reinforcing this corrupt president.

D&C Mining Must Pay $1.7 Million in Fines

In a ruling against D&C Mining Corp. of Harlan County, Kentucky, a court ruled that it must pay the $1.7 million in fines it has been deemed to owe, after the company refused to pay after 10 inspections since 2010.

From 2006 to February 2012, the Mine Safety and Health Administration found 1,244 violations by D&C Mining Corp.

Along with paying its fines, the court ruled the Kentucky mining company must also post a bond to guarantee it will comply with federal mine safety laws in the future.

Also per the court ruling the company isn't allowed to move any of its property from the mining site; whether to sell it or transfer it somewhere else.

Alpha (ANR) Denies Mine Reopening Rumors

A strange event in eastern Kentucky and Virginia will probably result in a lot of angry and hurt people looking for mining jobs, as some company named Professional Contracting LLC has been taking thousands of applications for jobs that don't exist, citing the reopening of mines by Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR).

In January 2013, Alpha has shut down several mines in the region, which resulted in laying off hundreds of workers there.

Professional Contracting LLC made claims the mines were going to be reopened, resulting in the huge number of people applying for the jobs. Those applying for the non-existent jobs were told by this company they had to show up in person in Norton, Va to be considered for a position.

According to Alpha Natural Resources, they have no plans to reopen the four closed mines. Spokeswoman Samantha Davison said she has no knowledge of Alpha ever having an affiliation with Professional Contracting.

Ashley Judd, Beshear, and "Raping" of Mountains by Kentucky Coal Miners

It's bizarre to see Kentucky Democratic Governor Steve Beshear cuddle up to anti-Kentucky, Hollywood elitist liberal Ashley Judd, who represents everything Kentucky isn't. Doesn't he know the consequences of what appears to be his growing support for this extremist?

Below is an example of this fanatic equating the coal miners of Kentucky as rapists because they're moving some rock off the mountains to get at the coal God placed there. Godless people like Judd don't understand the "earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof," so the false idea that the earth is our mother is an attack on Christianity, which says New Jerusalem is our mother, and she is in the heavenlies.

Anyone calling mining rape is a candidate for needed counselling. At least her mother and sister are getting that help. She needs to join them or forever remain in denial of her deep emotional problems.

Think of it. She is an outrageous supporter of Planned Parenthood, which has its roots squarely in the racist vision of Margaret Sanger, who pushed murderous abortions as a way to control the population of black Americans, among others.

Maybe that's why radical liberal groups such as Progress Kentucky support Judd, as it has attacked the ethnicity of the wife of Mitch McConnell, who is Asian. The historical racists in America have always primarily been Democrats, as history totally confirms.

So Judd doesn't mind the butchering of babies in the womb, but loses sleep during the night over moving around of rock and dirt on Kentucky mountains.

Also extremely fishy and something Judd hasn't been called out on is why her husband left her right before she made it known she is serious about making a run for the Senate seat held by McConnell. It appears she was going to have it her way or nothing. That kind of fanaticism and hunger for power is dangerous; something radicals like Obama live for.

Finally, Judd isn't even a resident of Kentucky, as she resides in Tennessee, but wants to force herself on Kentucky by re-establishing residency after years of being absent.

It also seems there is growing pressure from national, radical liberal Democrats for the Democrats of Kentucky to toe the line, hold their noses, and get out of the way of a Ashley Judd run if that's what the spoiled little child wants.

Even the comments made by those outside of Kentucky show there is little real understanding of the people living here and their conservative values. Ashley Judd is a slap in the face of those values, and must and will be soundly rejected by people in the state if she chooses to run for public office.

Democrats in Kentucky know they need to keep their distance from Judd, as when and if she runs, and when she is soundly defeated, the wrath of the voters in the Commonwealth will turn upon the cowardly Democrats who offered her aid and comfort.

Rand Paul Says Judd Doesn't Represent Kentucky

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said on CNN's "State of the Union" that Tennessee resident and extreme liberal, Ashley Judd, "doesn't really represent Kentucky," meaning the values of the majority of people residing in the state.

Judd isn't even a resident of Kentucky, and would have to move and establish residence here to even run against Mitch McConnell.

The national mainstream media are attempting to make this look like it would be a close race, with Judd having a good chance to even unseat McConnell. While McConnell could be vulnerable, the politically extreme Judd, who has held nothing back as to her views, would find it impossible to backtrack on her support of abortion, planned parenthood, and opposition to coal, among others.

Some of those would be strengths in some states, but in Kentucky they're guaranteed to turn people against you.

Another disconnect from national pundits is the idea that McConnell would be viewed as anti-women in the state, even though Judd would in fact have to deal with that reality, as abortion and planned parenthood are considered anti-woman and anti-family.

So when the mainstream media outlets try to make this look like a race Judd could win, they are basing that assumption and wishful thinking upon their worldview, not that held by the vast majority of Kentuckians.

Now if there was a strong Tea Party-type candidate that arose, McConnell would be in some serious trouble. At this time such a candidate hasn't emerged.

Kentucky Coal Miners Receive $5 Million Grant

Struggling out-of-work Kentucky coal miners will receive a $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, said the agency.

The purpose of the grant will be to help laid off coal workers to train and prepare for alternative jobs unrelated to the industry. Another purpose is to help spouses of the miners who are looking to enter the work force again or for the first time.

Some of the targeted potential jobs would be in the health, construction and business services industry.

Receiving the grant was the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program.

Coal mine production in eastern Kentucky has fallen 3 percent between 2010 and 2011, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

New Coal Breakthrough Could Make it Cleanest Energy Source

(photo credit: Jo McCulty/Ohio State University)

A new technological breakthrough could make coal the cleanest energy source available to man. If it becomes a reality, the amount of coal in Kentucky, and other parts of the world, would make it an astounding advance which would have long-term implications in many areas.

What is the secret to this amazing discovery? According to Liang-Shih Fan, a chemical engineer and director of Ohio State University’s Clean Coal Research Laboratory, the lab has "found a way to release the heat from coal without burning it." He added that "This could be applicable for many industries.”

There is already talk of the possibility of a coal-powered car that would be so clean there would be virtually no emissions that would cause pollution.

How it works is iron-oxide pellets are used as an oxygen source, where the reaction is contained in a tiny chamber where the pollutants are unable to escape. There would be no release of greenhouse gases, with the only waste product being solid coal ash and water. Additionally, the metal from the iron-oxide would be able to be recycled.

As for coal being used to power cars, that has already been introduced in South Africa in the form of liquefied coal. It's more of a hybrid than that of the type of coal use we're talking about in the article.

The next general step for the new coal technology is to test it in a larger environment. To that end it is being taken to a larger facility in Alabama.

Fan believes within five to ten years the technology can be commercialized, assuming no major, unknown obstacles emerge in the process.

Test in regard to generating power have resulted in 25 kilowatts of thermal energy. In the Alabama facility it would be able to generate 250 kilowatts.

While there are sceptics concerning the new technology, the federal Department of Energy sees a lot of potential, and believes by 2020 the technology could produce 20 megawatts to 50 megawatts of power.

Any new technology has its uncertainties, but this appears to be the real thing. While projections are usually overly ambitious in the short term, in the long term they can be understated. It appears it's only a matter of when, not if, this new coal technology will be a great benefit to America and other nations, as well as to coal-rich Kentucky.

With projections of under ten years for significant power generation, it's not unreasonable to see this being a benefit fairly soon. That's good news for everyone in the coal business, as well as it being a new energy source for numerous products and services. That means more good-paying jobs, and Kentucky and America would be at the center of it.

Kentucky Mine Shut Down after Surprise Federal Inspections

A mine in eastern Kentucky was closed for a week after a surprise inspection from Federal inspectors resulted in five orders and 54 citations.

The mine in question was the No. 1 Mine of Rain Coal Company, which received the inspection on January 15. Reportedly an anonymous complaint led to the notification of Federal officials.

Rain Coal said the mine was no longer producing coal as of February 11.

The main concern was the failure of Rain Coal to comply with control the dust in the mine via a required ventilation plan. Too much dust in a mine can result in the mine igniting.

According to the MSHA, it has been inspecting mines in 9 states in January, which resulted in 245 citations and 13 orders.

Coal Demand May Not Help Kentucky Workers

There has been talk, assertions, and wishful thinking concerning the projected demise of coal as a source of energy, but that not only isn't true, it's use is actually growing, according to the International Energy Agency in its latest report, but that may not be as positive an outcome for Kentucky miners as it may first appear.

Over the next four years coal used as fuel will climb by 1.2 billion tons, which would make it the most-used fuel source in the world. So why is it Kentucky will probably be left out of the benefits of all that?

In the United States, it's the discovery of huge deposits of natural gas that is the major culprit, as the lower price has pushed coal demand down in numerous areas of the country. At the same time the coal that was easiest and cheapest to extract is largely gone, resulting in higher costs to produce the coal.

Finally, in the U.S. anti-coal legislation has resulted in it becoming more and more expensive to use the fuel as an energy source, which has forced companies to look elsewhere for the energy needs of the consumers they serve.

Unfortunately for the Kentucky coal industry and its workers, projections are coal use in the U.S. will drop by about half of what it is was in 2010 by the year 2018. Every nation, with the exception of the United States, will increase its use of coal going forward.

Again, the reason this demand isn't positively affecting Kentucky coal fields is because the cheapest coal has already been mined, and only the thin areas remain. That means costs will rise even if the supply was provided by companies mining in Kentucky.

Areas of Kentucky that could continue to do well with coal are those with concentrations of high-grade metallurgical coal, which is used to make steel.

As for China and India, which will lead the demand for coal in the years ahead, the costs are so much less than it is in the U.S., that it makes it difficult to compete with the domestic coal available in those countries, especially in the near term.

If wages and costs rise in the coal industry in these countries, it could provide more competitive costs for American coal, but that's probably many years away, and will do nothing to help the coal industry in Kentucky today.

Another major factor for all U.S. domestic coal is the lack of export terminals. There are five proposed coal terminals in Oregon and Washington, but it's unclear how many of them will be built, and how long it'll take for them to wind through the red tape before they're operational.

Here is another example of some possible benefit over the long haul, but for the next several years at least, we won't be seeing anything resembling positive news for the coal industry of Kentucky. People in the areas of Kentucky that have relied on coal for years will have to brace themselves for a long struggle, and take appropriate and meaningful steps to adapt to those realities.