<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for EPA approves rule change making mountaintop-removal mining easier]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Ineffable http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:06:01 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/1 Bank of America

Interesting that the post about mountain top removal is right under the credit card ad.  The credit card is through Bank of America which has been funding mountain top removal for years.

]]> Bank of America

Interesting that the post about mountain top removal is right under the credit card ad.  The credit card is through Bank of America which has been funding mountain top removal for years.

]]> Comment #2 by tmullins http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:18:52 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/2 Appalachia can't stand anymore...

of the prosperity thanks to Presidebt Bush and THE COAL INDUSTRY. http://www.wisecountyissues.com

]]> Appalachia can't stand anymore...

of the prosperity thanks to Presidebt Bush and THE COAL INDUSTRY. http://www.wisecountyissues.com

]]> Comment #3 by tmullins http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:20:15 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/3 Sorry...

http://www.wisecountyissues.com

]]> Sorry...

http://www.wisecountyissues.com

]]> Comment #4 by jkearns http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:06:29 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/4 feeling indignant now for sure...

Article about this decision in the Wash. Post quotes a senior Bush administration official claiming WV streams and headwaters "are not ecologically valuable areas."

Humph!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008 ...

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Exposing the Myth of Clean Coal
http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of ...

]]> feeling indignant now for sure...

Article about this decision in the Wash. Post quotes a senior Bush administration official claiming WV streams and headwaters "are not ecologically valuable areas."

Humph!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008 ...

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Exposing the Myth of Clean Coal
http://matadorchange.com/exposing-the-bi-partisan-myth-of ...

]]> Comment #5 by krooth http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:15:13 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/clhrtd/5 Bank of America commits to phase out MTR funding

Great News re:Bank of America

Yesterday, BofA released its revised its coal policy, which will have the immediate effect of curtailing commercial lending to companies that mine coal by blowing off the top of mountains in Appalachia. The policy states, in part:

    "Bank of America is particularly concerned about surface mining conducted through mountain top removal in locations such as central Appalachia. We therefore will phase out financing of companies whose predominant method of extracting coal is through mountain top removal. While we acknowledge that surface mining is economically efficient and creates jobs, it can be conducted in a way that minimizes environmental impacts in certain geographies."

more at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/17287/0903

]]> Bank of America commits to phase out MTR funding

Great News re:Bank of America

Yesterday, BofA released its revised its coal policy, which will have the immediate effect of curtailing commercial lending to companies that mine coal by blowing off the top of mountains in Appalachia. The policy states, in part:

    "Bank of America is particularly concerned about surface mining conducted through mountain top removal in locations such as central Appalachia. We therefore will phase out financing of companies whose predominant method of extracting coal is through mountain top removal. While we acknowledge that surface mining is economically efficient and creates jobs, it can be conducted in a way that minimizes environmental impacts in certain geographies."

more at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/17287/0903

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