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Obama Walks a Fine Line Over Mining

Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, The Los Angeles Times: "With the election of President Obama, environmentalists had expected to see the end of the 'Appalachian apocalypse,' their name for exposing coal deposits by blowing the tops off whole mountains. But in recent weeks, the administration has quietly made a decision to open the way for at least two dozen more mountaintop removals."

https://www.truthout.org/053109D

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Controversial Coal Mining Method Gets Obama's OK
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/06/02-4

Stopping the Desecration of Mountaintop Removal
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/03-2



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