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Greenwire: Mining companies can proceed with their challenge to U.S. EPA's new policies on mountaintop-removal coal mining, a federal judge has ruled in a preliminary decision that says EPA may have exceeded its legal authority.
It appears EPA changed the permitting process for coal mines without following the usual procedural steps, says the ruling (pdf), which was issued Friday by Judge Reggie Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The National Mining Association (NMA) and other......
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Judge Allows Mountaintop-Removal Lawsuit to Proceed
Posted by Greenwire: Gabriel Nelson on January 18th, 2011
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