Bush administration enacts new mining rule

Tumbleweed · Black Ops Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 3687 votes: 3

This is another case of an indusry that is left to regulate it'self.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The White House is enacting a regulation that will protect the U.S. coal mining practice of mountaintop removal, The New York Times said Thursday.

The technique, which involves blasting the tops off of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys and streams, has been used in Appalachian coal country for 20 years, despite some legal and regulatory confusion, the Times said.

The new statute would allow the practice to continue so long as mine operators minimize the amount of debris and impact to the environment.

The tenet was designed to make it easier for mining companies to dig more coal to satisfy growing energy demands and reduce the United States' dependence on foreign oil.

Government and industry officials argue the rules are needed to clarify existing laws, which have been challenged in court and applied inconsistently.

Environmental activists warned the rule change could devastate vast tracts and obliterate hundreds of miles of streams in central Appalachia

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CHUQ · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:49 am Post subject:

THe dept that oversees mine safety, has cited the owner of the mine in Utah over and over, where is the line that needs to be drawn that states after "X" amount of safety violations you be closed? Again it is like the poil industry, they can do what they want and the govt reacts only when it has too. The only reason mine safety is being considered is because it is in the news. If all was quiet then no one would give a sh*t!
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