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2008

WattHead: A Sick Parting Gift: Bush Administration Gutting Protections Against Mountain Top Removal

In a particularly sick parting gift to the people of Appalachia, the Bush Administration is attempting to gut a critical protection against the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining that is decimating mountains, watersheds and communities across the region.

tags: mountain top removal, bush, coal mining

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Posted in energy.

By Tom Raftery – October 23, 2008

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