Back To
Mountaintop Mining

Last updated on Thursday, February 10, 2000

• Click here for more Haden decisions on EMLF

• Report to the West Virginia Congressional Delegation: Monthly Report containing the status of pending West Virginia surface coal mining permit applications containing plans to construct valley fills

• Rules Tighten Mine Bonding Requirements (Posted 12/16/99 Courtesy of Charleston Gazette)

• West Virginia DEP Joins Mining Lawsuit Settlement (Posted 12/14/99 Courtesy of Charleston Gazette)

• EPA Sets Tuesday Hearing on Mountaintop Removal (Posted 12/13/99 Courtesy of Charleston Gazette)

• EPA Invites Public Comment on Ideas for Mountaintop Removal Environmental Impact Statement (Posted 12/13/99 By Larry Adams of Mining Consulting Services, Inc.)

• Judge Wants Mine Settlement by 15th, or Trial Date (Posted 12/3/99 Courtesy of Charleston Gazette)

• Haden suspends mining ruling -Judge seeking to ‘diminish irrational fears' (Posted 10/31/99 Courtesy of Charleston Gazette)

• West Virginia DEP Issues Order Prohibiting Fills

• Chief U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden II Rules on Valley Fills

• OSM issues draft policy guidelines on postmining land uses for mountaintop mining

• Chip mill’s plight shows government agencies run amok

• Federal agency worried that Pittston chip mill could damage environment

• The Loss Of Coal Mining Will Finally Destroy West Virginia

• Environmental challenges to the legality of the industry's most productive mining techniques, especially the mountaintop-removal strip mining that has been the focus of protests in West Virginia.

• Draft OSM Evaluation of Approximate Original Contour and Post-Mining Land Use in Kentucky 

• OSM Releases Final Virginia Oversight Report & Action Plan to Address Mountaintop Mining Issues

• Fish & Wildlife supervisor of Abingdon office denies membership in environmental organization conflicts with current job