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Coal, climate, and PATH news

by: Clem Guttata

Fri May 15, 2009 at 17:47:18 PM EDT


Lots going on today, too much for me to cover on an otherwise busy day. Head over to Coal Tattoo where Ken Ward, Jr. has the multiple stories covered. For more on the (as expected) PATH application filing, see the ever-helpful The Power Line blog, too.

The story I find most intriguing today is Rep. Rahall crowing about Obama's EPA approving the majority of MTR approvals submitted recently. Can't tell if that is final approvals or if he has his numbers straight, as there is no permit by permit list out yet to back up the numbers.

Either way, the news is causing great disappointment to those who thought candidate Obama promised a dramatic change in MTR policy (I never interpreted his comments as such).

Update: Jeff Biggers over at Huffington Post is all over this story, too in Breaking: EPA Clears Waterboarding Permits for Appalachia.

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