Majority of Voters Oppose Mountaintop Removal Mining in First Nationwide Opinion Poll

[DogPoundPup]

In the first nationwide poll on mountaintop removal mining, two out of three likely voters oppose recent efforts by the Bush administration to repeal an environmental law known as the Stream Buffer Zone rule, which prohibits mining activities within 100 feet of a stream. Upon hearing that “more than 1,200 miles of streams in Appalachia already have been buried or destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining,” fully 85% of voters say they are concerned about the effects of this mining practice.
http://current.com/items/89462256_americans_to_bush_stop_mountaintop_mining

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Gallery (11 PHOTOS): Mountaintop Mining Ravages Appalachia
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/multimedia/2007/09/gallery_mountaintop_mining?slide=2&slideView=8

[elleng]

1. Of course we do!

'Clean Coal' one problem for me.