Cross posted from here

Obama’s EPA has done some good things already, but there is one really big black mark on their record which is extremely disappointed. With the commotion of the climate bill moving through Congress, I hadn’t had a chance to comment on the EPA’s ruling that 42 of the 48 Mountaintop Removal mining permits were “environmentally responsible””. I’ve documented plenty of reasons why coal use needs to be phased out and “”clean coal”” is a joke. In case you need a recap