The White House about-face on MTR
Photo: IndyMedia.us In an extraordinary move to disregard a 38-year rap sheet of crimes of pollution, harassment, and forced removal of some of our nation’s oldest and most historic communities, and the destruction of over 500 mountains and 1.2 million acres of deciduous hardwood forests in our nation’s carbon sink of Appalachia, the Obama administration [announced] that it plans to “regulate” mountaintop-removal mining operations—rather than abolishing them completely.
...said the country also needs a forward-thinking energy policy, and he alluded to his disapproval of the coal mining process of mountaintop removal. "We're tearing up the Appalachian Mountains because of our dependence on fossil fuels," he said, sparking loud applause.
Written by Scott Badenoch, CEO & Co-Founder of CreativeCitizen.com; Dedicated to realigning our society with nature through business methods and citizen activism. Find his other babies at Ecomattersdaily.com and on the new 3rdWhale iPhone app.
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Posted By Scott Badenoch - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 3:43 PM ESTMTR is a Resource Curse
NRDC Reports that MTR Fails In Every Economic Sense: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rperks/appalachias_resource_curse.html
Posted By Keel - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 10:29 AM ESTLegislation Needed in a Democracy
Part of the problem is Constitutional. The EPA and Obama administration gain authority under various environmental laws which link power to “protection of public health” rather than broad env protection. Courts have interpreted most laws in ways that limit infringement on private property rights unless the public’s health concerns outweigh them. The regulatory power is thus limited and the admin statement about MTR and regulating to protect health of surrounding communities dovetails.... More
Posted By Scott Badenoch - Wed, Jul 01 2009 at 2:41 PM ESTA higher law...
I agree with your assessment wholeheartedly. And I believe it is supra-Constitutional. This about-face supports not only an activity that should violate local, federal and international law but also undoubtedly breaks a higher law. For Christians, like Obama, support for MTR, pretty obviously breaks a covenant with God and creation. It doesn't take much, regardless of religion or creed, to look at MTR as a complete abomination: destroying mountains that have been there fore millions of.... More
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