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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Breaking with the policies of the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharpening its oversight of mountaintop coal mining to ensure projects do not harm streams and wetlands. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson directed the agency staff on Tuesday to review ...

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Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC:  What's Happening OnEarth- Wednesday, March 25

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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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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Grist - the Latest from Grist — By Kate Sheppard Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), one of the House's biggest coal supporters, on Tuesday reintroduced a bill that would invest billions of dollars in the development of carbon-capture-and-sequestration (CCS) technology for fossil-fuel power plants. Like a similar measure Boucher introduced last year, the "Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act" would create a $1 billion annual fund for CCS development, drawn from a fee paid by utilities that burn coal, natural gas, and oil. The utilities would likely pass those fees on to consumers; the bill's sponsors estimate that the cost for an average residential consumer would be $10 to $12 per ...

What's Happening OnEarth- Wednesday, March 25
Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC — MUST READEPA Halts Mountaintop Removal...Or Does It? Everybody's reporting the Environmental Protection Agency's notice that hundreds of mountaintop removal coal-mining 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 ...

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