Comments on: Bush Clears the Path for More Mountaintop Removal http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/03/bush-clears-the-path-for-more-mountaintop-removal/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:11:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bank of America Divests from Mountaintop Removal, Refocuses on “Clean Coal” : Red, Green, and Blue http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/03/bush-clears-the-path-for-more-mountaintop-removal/#comment-69619 Bank of America Divests from Mountaintop Removal, Refocuses on “Clean Coal” : Red, Green, and Blue Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:02:07 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7444#comment-69619 [...] enough, this big announcement comes at the heels of news that the Environmental Protection Agency is supporting a proposed Bush Administration rollback of regulat... in Appalachia. The stream buffer zone, enacted in 1983, prohibited the dumping of [...] [...] enough, this big announcement comes at the heels of news that the Environmental Protection Agency is supporting a proposed Bush Administration rollback of regulat… in Appalachia. The stream buffer zone, enacted in 1983, prohibited the dumping of [...]

]]> By: Root Force » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Removal Financing Victory! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/03/bush-clears-the-path-for-more-mountaintop-removal/#comment-69609 Root Force » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Removal Financing Victory! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:41:12 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7444#comment-69609 [...] a new rule making it easier to dump the non-coal portion of mountaintop removal-mined mountains into Appalachian streams. In better news, a federal court has withdrawn the air quality permit for the proposed Cliffside [...] [...] a new rule making it easier to dump the non-coal portion of mountaintop removal-mined mountains into Appalachian streams. In better news, a federal court has withdrawn the air quality permit for the proposed Cliffside [...]

]]> By: Sue http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/03/bush-clears-the-path-for-more-mountaintop-removal/#comment-69555 Sue Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:54:19 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7444#comment-69555 It has taken four years of hearings, reviews for the Bush administration to get this rule change through, and unfortunately it may take nearly as long to undo it. This is an extraordinarily stupid move for a region where drought already has threatened the water supplies of urban and suburban areas that depend upon stream and river flow from the Appalachian mountains. It has taken four years of hearings, reviews for the Bush administration to get this rule change through, and unfortunately it may take nearly as long to undo it. This is an extraordinarily stupid move for a region where drought already has threatened the water supplies of urban and suburban areas that depend upon stream and river flow from the Appalachian mountains.

]]> By: FYI http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/03/bush-clears-the-path-for-more-mountaintop-removal/#comment-69552 FYI Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:25:17 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7444#comment-69552 Johnson, Stephen L. Office Phone - Extension Email 202-564-4700 johnson.stephen@epa.gov USEPA Headquarters Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Mail Code: 1101A, Washington, DC 20460 Johnson, Stephen L.

Office Phone – Extension Email
202-564-4700 johnson.stephen@epa.gov

USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Mail Code: 1101A, Washington, DC 20460

]]> By: David Novack http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/03/bush-clears-the-path-for-more-mountaintop-removal/#comment-69551 David Novack Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:39:11 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7444#comment-69551 As Director of the film Burning the Future: Coal in America, I implore folks to watch Maria Gunnoe in the film and learn once and for all that "clean coal" does not exist. The Bush Administration's change to the Stream Buffer Zone is a gift to industry and an attack on the residents of Appalachia. In fact, it is an attack on all American's as it will indefinitely destroy a critical part of our shared fresh water supply. Please watch the trailer at www.burningthefuture.com As Director of the film Burning the Future: Coal in America, I implore folks to watch Maria Gunnoe in the film and learn once and for all that “clean coal” does not exist. The Bush Administration’s change to the Stream Buffer Zone is a gift to industry and an attack on the residents of Appalachia. In fact, it is an attack on all American’s as it will indefinitely destroy a critical part of our shared fresh water supply. Please watch the trailer at http://www.burningthefuture.com

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