In another regulatory action in the waning days of the Bush administration, the Interior Department on Thursday unveiled a new rule that challenges Congress’s authority to prevent mining planned on public lands. [....]
In September, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Grand Canyon Trust and the Sierra Club sued the secretary of the interior for ignoring the mandate of the House Natural Resources Committee. [....]
This week another rule made it easier for coal companies to dump rock and dirt from mountaintop mining operations into streams and valleys.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05withdraw.html
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