Has mountaintop mining peaked?

By Marianne Lavelle

Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is praising the Obama administration for moving to stop “the greatest environmental tragedy ever to befall ou

Longwall coal mine companies push to “downgrade” stream pollution controls

By Kristen Lombardi

Much has been made about the Bush administration’s 11th hour repeal of a key rule meant to keep coal-slurry waste out of Appalachian streams

Excerpts from this story referencing "mountaintop removal mining":

"… he so-called “stream buffer zone” rule — a tough restriction against mountaintop removal mining — Pennsylvania advocates are organizing to halt what they say is the lon …"

Mountaintop coal mining alters Appalachia

By The Center for Public Integrity

Mountaintop coal mining is making a comeback in Appalachia, stripping hillsides of vegetation and contaminating water sources
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Big setback for mountaintop mining critics

By Jim Morris

Judge's ruling raises doubts about whether the EPA can halt strip mines such as the planned Spruce No. 1 in West Virginia.

Excerpts from this story referencing "mountaintop removal mining":

"… e No. 1 site, is fuming.“This town was already pretty much destroyed [by mountaintop removal mining] in the late ‘90s and early 2000s,” Nida said in a telephone interview …"

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Legislative maneuver bars regulators from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to coal dust

Excerpts from this story referencing "mountaintop removal mining":

"… and state officials pursue lawsuits to stop new water quality guidance on mountaintop removal mining.Seldom mentioned by coal industry advocates is a little-noticed move by th …"

"… ort of outcry that has come each time the EPA proposed new restrictions on mountaintop removal mining or the disposal of toxic coal ash.Lawmakers added language to a Department …"

Study finds toxins from mountaintop coal mining sites

By Alice Su

The U.S. Geological Survey has found toxic compounds in soil and water around mountaintop-removal mining sites in central Appalachia.