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epa.gov - 3/23/2009

Photo Project | Earth Day | US EPA

— epa.gov — Choose your best photo for each category you want to enter. If you don't have a free... Flickr account, create one Link to EPA's External Link Disclaimer . Upload your photo to your account. For each category you want to enter, join the appropriate group ... (more) Photo Project | Earth Day | US EPA

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blogs.wvgazette.com - 3/25/2009

Blogs @ The Charleston Gazette - » Mountaintop removal moratorium — NOT!

— blogs.wvgazette.com — large_ljackson.JPG The National Mining Association blasted EPA for “halting mining permits.” West Virginia Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito... warned the Obama administration about not to “block mining permits.” Coalfield environmentalists praised the ... (more) Blogs @ The Charleston Gazette - » Mountaintop ...

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climateprogress.org - 3/24/2009

EPA makes landmark finding: Global warming threatens public health and welfare

— climateprogress.org — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made its long-awaited “ endangerment finding ,” which will allow the... agency, finally, to put a stop on greenhouse gases. In Massachusetts [vs. EPA], the Supreme Court found that ... (more) EPA makes landmark finding: Global warming threatens ...

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BREAKING: EPA Puts Breaks on Hundreds of Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
WattHead - Energy News and Commentary — BREAKING NEWS: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today that her agency would put the breaks on hundreds of permits for new coal mining projects using the devastating practice known as mountaintop removal. The process decimates entire mountains to get at the coal inside before dumping debris in adjacent valleys, burying watersheds and streams and displacing neighboring communities. According to AP: The Environmental Protection Agency is putting on hold hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits until it can evaluate the projects' impacts on streams and wetlands. The decision was announced Tuesday by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson. It targets ...

BREAKING: EPA Puts Breaks on Hundreds of Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
The Energy Collective — BREAKING NEWS: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today that her agency would put the breaks on hundreds of permits for new coal mining projects using the devastating practice known as mountaintop removal. The process decimates entire mountains to get at the coal inside before dumping debris in adjacent valleys, burying watersheds and streams and displacing neighboring communities. According to AP: The Environmental Protection Agency is putting on hold hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits until it can evaluate the projects' impacts on streams and wetlands. The decision was announced Tuesday by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson. It targets ...

What's Happening OnEarth- Wednesday, March 25
Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC — ... permits would be put on hold Tuesday to evaluate the projects' impact on streams and wetlands.  But late in the day the agency issued a clarification that seems to take the teeth out of the warning.  [Washington Post; Greenwire/New York Times; AP; Reuters; NPR; Clarification: Grist] OPINION Robert Kennedy, Jr. applauds the decision.  [Washington Post] JUDGE FOR YOURSELF Here's the original press release.  And then the clarificaction.  Stay tuned! GOOD ...

Center for Biological Diversity Applauds Environmental Protection Agency Decision to Hold Back 79 Mountaintop Removal Permits for Further Review
Commondreams.org Newswire — FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - September 11 - The Center for Biological Diversity supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision today to hold back 79 mountaintop removal coal mining permits in Appalachia for further review. If the permits were to be approved, coal companies would be allowed to destroy tens of thousands of acres of hardwood forest and bury hundreds of miles of streams in toxic mining waste.  “Daily in Appalachia, nearly 4 million pounds of explosives are used to blast one of the oldest mountain ranges on earth, endangering the lives and property of residents and destroying streams and forests that provide habitat for an incredible diversity of fish and wildlife,” said Tierra Curry, conservation ...