RFK Jr. on mountaintop mining

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Stopping Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - washingtonpost.com.

Yesterday was a great day for the people of Appalachia and for all of America. In a bold departure from Bush-era energy policy, the Obama administration suspended a coal company's permit to dump debris from its proposed mountaintop mining operation into a West Virginia valley and stream. In addition, the administration promised to carefully review upward of 200 such permits awaiting approval by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. READ MORE ...