Pressure builds against mountaintop coal mining

By GottaLaff

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I hope the pressure is so pressurey that it pressures the administration into stopping this practice once and for all:

Mountaintop coal mining, which involves blowing up mountain peaks to get access to coal seams below, should be halted immediately because of growing evidence of its environmental and health threats, scientists urged Thursday in the journal Science.

Oh, what do scientists know, anyway? They clearly missed that whole "humans and dinosaurs co-existed" meme that's floating around the Conservaverse.

The paper, by a group of hydrologists, ecologists and engineers, presents a new and difficult challenge to the Obama administration, which has upset environmentalists by continuing to approve such permits even as it has promised to rely on scientific expertise in deciding whether to grant permits for the controversial practice.

So what's so wrong about blowing mountaintops off? It's not like they have feelings or anything.

Environmentalists say it degrades the landscape, destroys habitat and pollutes streams that get filled with debris from explosions.

Pfft. Big deal. It's much more important to make money sandwiches for the coal mining industry.

The issue is politically touchy for President Obama, who won his election with the support of environmentalists but also needs support from voters in coal states, such as Ohio, where he won by a narrow margin.

Everything is politically touchy for Obama. Drop in the bucket.

How about pollutertop mining? Now there's a real moneymaker.