Interior Responds to Judge’s Mountaintop Ruling
The Interior Department just sent over its statement reacting to a judge’s decision today to uphold a Bush-era rule making it easier for mining companies to dump their waste in mountain streams. In toto:
“„This Administration has shown it is determined to improve mining practices and we will do so within the context of the court’s ruling which we are reviewing.
Not only does this say nothing, but administration officials will have a tough time convincing folks that they’re really serious about improving mining practices in the wake of their recent decision to approve an enormous new West Virginia mountaintop removal mine — an operation designed to fill eight Appalachian valleys. That is, unless they’re going by the Bush administration definition of improvement.
