[lbo-talk] Obama Administration Approves Permit for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 6 09:55:32 PST 2010


On Jan 6, 2010, at 10:51 AM, shrill.polemic at gmail.com wrote:


> "The Obama administration rings in the new year by allowing coal
> companies to bury more miles of streams," said Joan Mulhern, senior
> legislative counsel for Earthjustice. "There is no excuse for
> approving this permit when the science is clear that mountaintop
> removal coal mining permanently destroys streams. The administration
> claims to be making progress on mountaintop removal, but in reality
> they are still following the flawed policies put in place by the
> Bush administration. It is time for them to make a commitment to
> ending this abominable practice."
>
> http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=151301.0&dlv_id=130941

Comrade Percival will want to know how this compares with the entirety of the Bush admin!



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