Document Dump: GAO Releases Report on Mountaintop Removal

By   /  December 10, 2009  /  WatchBlog  /  1 Comment

On top of all the other coal and carbon-related news that broke this week, the Government Accountability Office released an 88-page report, titled “Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of Mining in Mountainous Areas of Kentucky and West Virginia.” The report is a comprehensive look at mountaintop removal (MTR) in Appalachia.
Charleston Gazette reporter and anti-mountaintop removal advocate Ken Ward Jr. was [...]

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