Hold on Coal

The EPA’s announced it will be taking a closer look at 79 mountain-top-removal sites. If they don’t pass Clean Water Act standards, they could be restrained permanently.

The EPA has made a list and is checking it twice. The agency put a hold on 79 mountain-top removal mining sites in Appalachia to ensure they comply with Clean Water Act rules on burying streams under tons of rubble. Host Jeff Young asks Charleston Gazette coal reporter Ken Ward Jr. whether the sharper scrutiny signals the Obama administration’s commitment to shrinking the environmental impacts of coal mining.

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