Comments on: EPA Loosens Chokehold on Mountaintop Removal Mining http://ecopolitology.org/2010/01/06/epa-loosens-chokehold-on-mountaintop-removal-mining/ The Politics of Energy and the Environment Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Protecting Children’s Health and Ending Mountaintop Removal « MomsRising Bloghttp://ecopolitology.org/2010/01/06/epa-loosens-chokehold-on-mountaintop-removal-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-4911 Protecting Children’s Health and Ending Mountaintop Removal « MomsRising Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:38:10 +0000 http://ecopolitology.org/?p=3741#comment-4911 [...] Over the past year, Administrator Jackson has pledged that her agency is back at work defending children’s health by ending environmental injustices, but when it comes to ending mountaintop removal, the agency is stalled. In September of 2009, Jackson temporarily held up 79 mountaintop removal permits due to Clean Water Act violations. But there is evidence that the agency may be releasing one or two projects shortly. [...] [...] Over the past year, Administrator Jackson has pledged that her agency is back at work defending children’s health by ending environmental injustices, but when it comes to ending mountaintop removal, the agency is stalled. In September of 2009, Jackson temporarily held up 79 mountaintop removal permits due to Clean Water Act violations. But there is evidence that the agency may be releasing one or two projects shortly. [...]

]]> By: Leading Scientists Urge Ban on Mountaintop Removal Mining | ecopolitologyhttp://ecopolitology.org/2010/01/06/epa-loosens-chokehold-on-mountaintop-removal-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 Leading Scientists Urge Ban on Mountaintop Removal Mining | ecopolitology Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:01:16 +0000 http://ecopolitology.org/?p=3741#comment-3310 [...] we wrote yesterday, the EPA seems to be relaxing a few months of strong posturing on the issue, allowing at least one and maybe two projects to move forward [...] [...] we wrote yesterday, the EPA seems to be relaxing a few months of strong posturing on the issue, allowing at least one and maybe two projects to move forward [...]

]]> By: Adrianhttp://ecopolitology.org/2010/01/06/epa-loosens-chokehold-on-mountaintop-removal-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-3288 Adrian Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:06:15 +0000 http://ecopolitology.org/?p=3741#comment-3288 This is crazy. Why are they letting mining in the mountains to continue? To dig for coal? coal gives pollution than energy.. The air and water quality will be affected in the near by communities.This should not happen. This is crazy. Why are they letting mining in the mountains to continue? To dig for coal? coal gives pollution than energy.. The air and water quality will be affected in the near by communities.

This should not happen.

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