Saturday, June 27, 2009

US Supreme Court Issues Decision That Benefits Mountaintop Mining

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The US Supreme Court has upheld a central tenet of mountaintop mining - the ability of the Corps of Engineers to regulate disposal of fill m...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

It's Environmental Rulemaking Time In West Virginia

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Every year around June state agencies that have to get rules approved by the Legislature file their rules for public comment, and this year ...

Groups Ask EPA To Take NPDES Authority From West Virginia

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A petition has been filed by Joe Lovett on behalf of the Sierra Club, Coal River Mountain Watch, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and the...
Friday, June 12, 2009

Mountaintop Mining Permits to Get More Thorough Reviews

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The Obama Administration is going to look more closely at mountaintop mining permits, according to a report in the Washington Post and repor...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

New Environmentalism In The New Republic

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Ted Norhaus and Mike Shellenberger, founders of the Breakthrough Institute , have written a thought-provoking article in the New Republic ...

Will Congress Regulate Gas Drilling Under the Safe Drinking Water Act?

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There's talk in Congress about regulating oil and gas drilling under the Safe Drinking Water Act. This interest in Congress coincides w...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Ocean Acidification the Next Lawsuit Subject?

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According to the website Business Green , the Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue EPA under the Clean Water Act...