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- Title
Mountaintop mining plans close to defeat.
- Authors
Gilbert, Natasha
- Abstract
The article reports on the plan of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke the mining permit of Arch Coal Inc. at the Appalachian Mountains by the end of 2010. It states that several scientific evidences and public protest triggered the decision of EPA to reject the company's mining operation. It notes that the company also filed a lawsuit in April 2010 to challenge EPA's ruling to veto its permits.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; ENVIRONMENTAL permits; ARCH Coal Inc.; COAL mining; EXPERT evidence; PUBLIC demonstrations
- Publication
Nature, 2010, Vol 467, Issue 7319, p1021
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/4671021a