Progress concerning W.Va strip mine

EPA proposes veto of largest W.Va. strip mine's permit  - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Obama administration on Friday moved another step toward blocking the largest mountaintop-removal mining permit in West Virginia history.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a "proposed determination" that Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 Mine in Logan County would cause "unacceptable adverse impacts." READ MORE ...