Bush Administration Offers More Favors to King CoalA new proposal by the Bush administration will allow even more destruction to happen in Appalachia from mountaintop removal mining. The "Stream Buffer Zone Rule" doesn't allow mining companies to disturb areas within 100 feet of a stream, but the new proposal exempts mountaintop removal mining. Read a New York Times front page article that detailed leaked copies of the rule before it was made public. (PDF) Why is protecting streams so important for Appalachia? See what the editors at the NY Times have to say. (PDF)
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Clean Coal? 
Roll Call
Washington, D.C.
Citizen activists from across the country traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby their elected officials to pass the Clean Water Protection Act. We ran these ads to tell Congress to protect our waters!
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Communities Fight Back — The Story 
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Washington, D.C.
From West Virginia to Washington, D.C., regular people are organizing to oppose mountaintop removal mining. In the coming weeks, we'll be using this space to highlight stories of communities standing up to King Coal and demanding safer, cleaner, less destructive ways to provide energy. Read more »
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