[PCA] NEWS: Court Rejects Mining Ruling
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Sat Feb 14 22:52:07 CST 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021301827.html?hpid=sec-nation
Court Rejects Mining Ruling
Mountaintop Removal to Require No Added Impact Study
Associated Press
Saturday, February 14, 2009; Page A08
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court Friday overturned a ruling
requiring more extensive environmental reviews of mountaintop removal, a
form of coal mining in Appalachia that blasts away whole peaks.
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