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U.S. Proposes New Rules to Protect Streams From Coal Pollution
2015-07-17 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Interior Department on Thursday proposed a new rule aimed at protecting streams from the high level of pollution caused by a technique known as mountaintop removal mining. The proposed rule, which updates a 1983 regulation, quickly met fierce opposition from the mining industry and some Republicans. The rule would have the greatest effect on states in the Appalachian Mountains, where the disputed mining practice is most common. Obama administration officials and environmental groups said that...
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