In a big win for environmentalists, Bank of America agreed Wednesday to "phase out financing" to coal companies "whose predominant method of extracting coal" is mountaintop-removal mining. Green groups recently persuaded several BoA execs to visit ravaged Appalachian mountains. Ironically, the U.S. EPA just this week approved a rule change that makes mountaintop removal easier.
source: The New York Times, Reuters
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