From the NYT:
The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation on Friday that would enshrine the coal mining practice of mountaintop removal. The technique involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys and streams.
And this:
A spokesman for the National Mining Association, Luke Popovich, said that unless mine owners were allowed to dump mine waste in streams and valleys it would be impossible to operate in mountainous regions like West Virginia that hold some of the richest low-sulfur coal seams.
Oh wonderful.
I'm sure our Democratic congress will fight this tooth and nail.
Right?
On vacation you say?
What a surprise.
Ohh....more at the link, including an Abramimof connection...
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