Comments on: EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry

By: Coal Country Dems to White House: Get Your Act Together « Yuvablog

Coal Country Dems to White House: Get Your Act Together « Yuvablog — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:15:46 +0000

[...] sides have reason to feel anxious. Earlier this year, the EPA approved dozens of new mountaintop mining permits, causing some alarm among environmentalists that the Obama [...]

By: Get your News » Christopher Brauchli: Secrets and the White House

Get your News » Christopher Brauchli: Secrets and the White House — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:01:06 +0000

[...] The EPA has just approved 42 of 48 pending applications including some that involve mountain top removal. That is the process by which the tops of mountains are blown off, the coal extracted and the [...]

By: Red Desert

Red Desert — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:17:35 +0000

In West Virginia electricity is 5.3 cents a kilowatt hour, about as cheap as it gets in the US. Someone once said when something is cheap as dirt it tends to get treated like dirt. Nature in West Virginia doesn't seem to fair much better. West Virginians use an astounding 17,000 kWh per person per year--nearly triple what a Californian uses. But somehow California has lower poverty rates and Californians have a much standard of living--all with a fraction of coal as an energy supply. More than 150 years of coal and poverty. That surface coal is good for 20 or 30 years more. Then what will you have? What will your children have?

Nobody's whining.

Monica V.

By: Red Desert

Red Desert — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:17:35 +0000

By: Analiese’s Reading 5/31 | Quiche Moraine

Analiese’s Reading 5/31 | Quiche Moraine — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:31:24 +0000

[...] EPA Mining Decisions Favor Coal Industry Despite renewed vows to protect Appalachian waterways from the ravages of mountaintop coal mining, the Environmental Protection Agency has recently authorized a number of pending mountaintop permits that will bury dozens of streams in the nation’s oldest mountain range. The move has left mining supporters cheering the federal endorsement of a popular extraction method, environmentalists wondering if the Obama administration truly intends to prioritize water quality concerns above those of the powerful coal industry, and both sides unsure what to expect of mountaintop permitting in the future. Washington Independent [...]

By: No whining

No whining — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:01:12 +0000

Isn't it amazing that you all used coal powered electricity to voice your complaint against the evil coal industry. Everyone who uses electricity contributes to the demand for coal. The plus of shutting down the coal companies is that at least we won't have to listen to your whining about the issue.

By: albert kapustar

albert kapustar — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:30:14 +0000

If anyone thinks obama is for the people this is an article that shows the lie to that statement.How many lifes will be lost as cancer destroys the appalachian people while coal mine owner benefit.

By: Gurka

Gurka — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:46:18 +0000

The new name of the EPA is EDA – the Environmental Destruction Agency. The name change became necessary after the agency became infected with political cancer cells from the Bush regime. Although under treatment now, the agency's condition is most likely terminal.

By: programlar

programlar — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:26:51 +0000

Thanks great post

By: Bad news: EPA favors the coal industry over the environment « Later On

Bad news: EPA favors the coal industry over the environment « Later On — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:29:05 +0000

[...] in Business, Daily life, Environment, Government, Obama administration at 9:28 am by LeisureGuy Mike Lillis: Despite renewed vows to protect Appalachian waterways from the ravages of mountaintop coal mining, [...]