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Weighing the long-term implications of mountaintop removal mining

Terence Houston Jul 20, 2011 2 Comments

Kayford Mountain, WV

The practice of mountaintop removal mining has spurred a great deal of research and policy debate since January of this year, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) vetoed a federal permit for the 2,278 acre Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County, West Virginia. The veto of the permit was EPA’s 13th use of its [...]

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