US Interior Dept. Just Made Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining A Lot More Expensive
Jul 18, 2015 11:41:19 #
"The US Department of the Interior has just issued proposed rules to
protect water in coal mining areas, which would accomplish in one fell
swoop what the Environmental Protection Agency has been trying to do
for years. The new rules will effectively end the common practice of filling
in valleys and streams with debris, in particular from mountaintop
removal coal mining operations that involve literally blowing off the tops
off mountains."
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/17/us-interior-dept-just-made-mountaintop-removal-coal-mining-lot-expensive/
protect water in coal mining areas, which would accomplish in one fell
swoop what the Environmental Protection Agency has been trying to do
for years. The new rules will effectively end the common practice of filling
in valleys and streams with debris, in particular from mountaintop
removal coal mining operations that involve literally blowing off the tops
off mountains."
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/17/us-interior-dept-just-made-mountaintop-removal-coal-mining-lot-expensive/
Jul 18, 2015 11:45:43 #
nakkh wrote:
i "The US Department of the Interior has jus... (show quote)
About time! Coal mining, especially mountain top removal, has turned a verdant state into a blasted wasteland in far too many places. To imagine that the destroyed mountain tops can be restored in short order is absurd. Anyone out there ever fly over the state?? The mining areas look like the surface of the moon.
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