[MPWG] Fw: [PCA] NEWS: Scientists call for end to mountaintop removal

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Thought the news articles below would be of interest to the medicinal 
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Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
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[PCA] NEWS: Scientists call for end to mountaintop removal






http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_mountaintop_mining

Scientists call for end to mountaintop removal
By Vicki Smith, Associated Press Writer -- 41 mins ago

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A group of scientists called on the federal 
government Thursday to stop mountaintop removal mining, arguing dozens of 
existing studies on the practice prove its ecological impacts are 
"pervasive and irreversible."

See the link above for the full article text.



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