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msnbc.msn.com - 3/25/2009
Mountaintop mine permits reviewed
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Dozens of mountaintop coal-mining permits will be reviewed for their potential impacts on streams and wetlands, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
yosemite.epa.gov - 3/24/2009
03/24/2009: EPA Acts to Reduce Harmful Impacts from Coal Mining
— yosemite.epa.gov — Release date: 03/24/2009 Contact Information: Enesta Jones, 202-564-4355 / 7873 / jones.enesta@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. – March 24,... 2009) The United States Environmental Protection Agency has sent two letters to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ... (more) 03/24/2009: EPA Acts to Reduce Harmful Impacts from Coal ...

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Photo Project | Earth Day | US EPA
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 @ The Charleston Gazette - » Mountaintop removal moratorium — NOT!
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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Yale Environment 360:  Mountaintop Mining To Face Stricter Review by EPA

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Mountaintop Mining To Face Stricter Review by EPA
Yale Environment 360 — e360 digest 25 Mar 2009: Mountaintop Mining To Face Stricter Review by EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking a closer look at the controversial practice of mountaintop coal mining, placing 200 proposed projects on hold as it studies the impacts on streams and wetlands. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said that before issuing new permits to blast away the tops of mountains to get at coal seams below, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA must more thoroughly study the effects of a practice that already has buried more than 1,000 streams in Appalachia ...

Mountaintop Mining To Face Stricter Review by EPA
Yale Environment 360 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a closer look at the controversial practice of mountaintop coal mining, placing 200 proposed projects on hold as it studies the impacts on streams and wetlands. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said that before issuing new permits to blast away the tops of mountains to get at coal seams below, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA must more thoroughly study the effects of a practice that already has buried more than 1,000 streams in Appalachia in mining waste. The Bush administration did ...

Mountaintop mining on hold
Super Eco News Feed — ... As it turns out, more than 1,000 sparkling Appalachian streams have already been buried beneath mining waste from mountaintop mining operations. Now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is scrutinizing mountaintop coal mining, slapping a hold on 200 proposed projects in order to focus on how the mining affects Appalachian streams and wetlands. ...

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