US Interior Dept. Just Made Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining A Lot More Expensive
The US Interior Department has released a proposed new rule that could effectively put an end to mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
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Mountaintop Coal Mining Schooled By Federal Judge
Advocates for mountaintop coal mining lost a big one last Friday, when the DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the EPA’s new environmental review process.
Big Coal: Making Mountains Even Better
Coal provides jobs. The jobs are dirty, they produce a product that’s harmful to the planet, hazardous to the health and welfare of the workers and their neighbors, but… hey, they’re jobs.
Besides, some of those jobs involve improving our mountains. They blow the tops off them, and haul away the coal, leaving flat tops, suitable for landing pads, parking lots, Nascar racing, or Appalachian soccer matches.
End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Today!
[social_buttons] As a follow up to the post from Sunday (Social Media Day of Action on Mountaintop Removal), this is a reminder that today is a big day of social media activism to stop mountaintop removal coal mining! Visit Rainforest Action Network’s website to join thousands of others in taking … [continued]
