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November 19, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- appalachia, coalmining, dirtycoal, EPA, fill, fillrule, interior, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, salazar
The Interior Department announced yesterday that it is taking immediate steps to strengthen oversight of state-approved surface coal mining operations -- including mountaintop removal -- and to impose tighter restrictions on the dumping of mining waste in steams. In a statement issued by the agency, Assistant Interior...continued→
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→
May 8, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- dirtycoal, jonstewart, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, salazar, thedailyshow
This just in (courtesy of Ken Ward's Coal Tattoo blog): The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which under the Bush administration simply rubber stamped mining permits, yesterday suspended its controversial approval of A&G Coal Corp.'s Ison Rock Ridge Surface Mine in Wise...continued→
April 28, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- 100days, appalachia, dirtycoal, mariagunnoe, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, salazar
On the eve of President Obama's 'First 100 Days' in office, Jeff Biggers provides an excellent recap of where the administration stands on dirty coal. As he points out, in general the outlook is good but current conditions are still hazy. ...continued→
