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Pro-coal crowds pack mountaintop mining hearings in Ky., W.Va. , heckle environmentalistsThousands of coal miners fearing the loss of jobs if mountaintop removal mining is curtailed or outlawed shouted down a handful of environmentalists at crowded public hearings Tuesday on the much-debated ...
EPA identifies 79 coal mine permits in 4 states for additional reviewThe Obama administration on Friday stepped up its efforts to curb environmental damage from surface coal mining, announcing plans to give 79 permit applications in four states additional scrutiny.The Environmental Protection ...
UN endorses initiative to replant forests on Appalachia's mine-scalped mountaintopsSam Adams laid his tools aside and gently pushed fresh dirt around an oak sapling he hopes one day will be part of a hardwood forest high above this Appalachian community.He was one ...
Coal country fears EPA decision to look closely at mining permits will hurt industry, economyThe Obama administration's decision to hold coal mining permits to a high environmental standard has struck a note of economic fear in Appalachia, where mining including the kind ...
EPA to review hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining projects for impact on streams, wetlandsThe Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits on hold Tuesday to evaluate the projects' impact on streams and wetlands.The decision by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson targets a ...
Critics say EPA, states do little to ensure that underground storage of coal slurry is safeRegulators in a handful of Appalachian states that let coal companies inject slurry into abandoned mines say they're confident the practice is safe, but an Associated Press ...
All but one of the top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas that release the most greenhouse gases on a per capita basis lie east of the Mississippi River, a study released on Thursday showed.. "A north-south divide is also apparent," as seven of ...
Logging Plan Halted for National Forest in Kentucky, Environmental Objections to Be WeighedThe U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it was pulling its plan to sell timber in a national forest in Kentucky and would consider environmental groups' objections if the project is ...
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