Lisa Jackson saves the mountains!
Posted: March 24th, 2009, 5:12 pm
nice job LJ, I'm proud of you!!
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/ ... ng-Permits!
Announced by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the move targets a controversial practice by coal mining companies that blasts away whole peaks and sends mining waste into streams and wetlands. It does not apply to existing mines, but to requests for new permits, a number estimated to be as high as 250.
The EPA also urged the Army Corps of Engineers not to issue permits for two new projects unless their impacts were reduced.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/ ... ng-Permits!
Announced by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the move targets a controversial practice by coal mining companies that blasts away whole peaks and sends mining waste into streams and wetlands. It does not apply to existing mines, but to requests for new permits, a number estimated to be as high as 250.
The EPA also urged the Army Corps of Engineers not to issue permits for two new projects unless their impacts were reduced.