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Christian groups appeal to Obama and the EPA
to cease mountaintop removal coal mining
Washington, March 12, 2010 -- A coalition of 28 Christian groups from across denominations sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling for immediate action to stop further mountaintop removal coal mining.
Mountaintop removal coal mining is a devastating process where coal companies blast the tops off mountains to get at thin seams of coal. It was effectively legalized in 2002 when the Bush administration rolled back Clean Water Act protections, creating a loophole in the “fill rule” to allow coal companies to dump the waste generated by the blasting into nearby streams...
National Council of Churches News <---- GOOD for them, Nothing I hate more than people butching mountaintops.
to cease mountaintop removal coal mining
Washington, March 12, 2010 -- A coalition of 28 Christian groups from across denominations sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling for immediate action to stop further mountaintop removal coal mining.
Mountaintop removal coal mining is a devastating process where coal companies blast the tops off mountains to get at thin seams of coal. It was effectively legalized in 2002 when the Bush administration rolled back Clean Water Act protections, creating a loophole in the “fill rule” to allow coal companies to dump the waste generated by the blasting into nearby streams...
National Council of Churches News <---- GOOD for them, Nothing I hate more than people butching mountaintops.