Bush's levelers. (Devil In The Details).(rules on mountaintop mining)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, June, 2002
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THE ADMINISTRATION IS finally heeding the biblical commandment to raise the low places. Brushing aside the opposition from dozens of congressmen of both parties, the Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled new rules permitting Appalachian mining companies to dump refuse into the region's lakes, ponds, rivers, and creeks.
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In particular, the industry has been given the go-ahead for a notably aggressive form of mountaintop mining--what might be called the "Look out below!" method of searching for coal. In mountaintop mining, companies either explode or carve off ...
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