Surface Mining Devastation in Appalachia Detailed in New Federal Report
December 10, 2009
December 10, 2009
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Dec. 10 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
Up to 23 percent of the land area of some counties in Appalachia has been permitted for surface coal mining, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on surface mining in Kentucky and West Virginia. The report shows a two-percent annual growth rate in the number of acres under open mining permits in the two states since 1990. As of July 2008, sur . . .
Up to 23 percent of the land area of some counties in Appalachia has been permitted for surface coal mining, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on surface mining in Kentucky and West Virginia. The report shows a two-percent annual growth rate in the number of acres under open mining permits in the two states since 1990. As of July 2008, sur . . .