A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot issue permits for a type of coal mining in which mountaintop ridges are sheared off and the dirt and rock are pushed into nearby streams.
In opposition to the Bush administration, a federal judge recently ruled that the government cannot issue permits for a type of coal mining in which mountaintop ridges are sheared off and the dirt and rock are pushed into nearby streams.
U.S. District Judge Charles Haden's ruling was in response to a request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clarify his May decision ordering the agency to stop issuing permits for mountaintop mining.