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Some Good News on Mountaintop Removal 2

Not enough good news. The best news would be to ban it.

From Facing South:

In a decision being hailed by environmental advocates, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a program that streamlined the permitting process for mountaintop removal coal mining across Appalachia.The suspension of the Nationwide Permit 21 program is effective immediately and applies to Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

More at the link.

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2 comments

  1. kelley in virginia

    June 18, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    what percentage of our electricity comes from coal?  isn’t coal necessary then for all the offices at the EPA?

     
  2. Frank

    June 18, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Sadly, coal is necessary.  Ripping the tops off mountains and dumping them into streams and valleys isn’t.

     

     

     
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