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Facing Coal Hard Facts at Interior Department

November 3, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
appalachia, coalmining, dirtyenergy, DOI, EPA, interior, lisajackson, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, obama, OSM, pizarchik, salazar

What is up with the U.S. Department of Interior these days?  Unlike the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which appears to be walking the walk on mountaintop removal coal mining thanks to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's leadership, it's quite another story...continued

Coal Companies Destroying, Not Restoring Mountains

July 27, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
appalachia, coalmining, dirtycoal, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, OSM

I own a pick-up truck that my neighbors sometimes borrow.  One neighbor, who usually uses the truck to haul away lawn debris, always returns the truck in meticulous condition.  No matter how often I tell him not to bother, he...continued

Rob Perks
Rob Perks
Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Washington, D.C.
I run NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns. Our shop exists to guide NRDC's policy and...
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