Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Boucher: Interior’s planned coal mining rules run roughshod over states

Comment: Protect our waters from the Greedy Coal Corporations and some of our senators from Virginia! Virginia has the second most polluted rivers and lakes in the nation! Demand our leaders to protect our waters!

By Ben Geman - 12/29/09 11:48 AM ET

Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), an ally of his southwest Virginia district’s coal industry, is not happy with Interior Department plans to overhaul protections for Appalachian waters from mountaintop mining.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/73829-boucher-interiors-planned-coal-mining-rules-run-roughshod-over-states