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Mountaintop Removal Continues

In his last days, President Bush changed rules that made it easier to blow off the tops of mountains to mine for coal. (Photo by Sandra Sleight-Brennan)

The Obama Administration has approved handing out as many as 42 new permits to mining companies for mountaintop removal coal mining. Lester Graham reports a lot of people expected the Environmental Protection Agency to block new mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia:

Part 1 of a series on mountaintop mining

Part 2 of a series on mountaintop mining

Part 3 of a series on mountaintop mining

Producer: Lester Graham
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Running Time: :47

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