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Written by Charlie Lawton   
Friday, 05 December 2008

The great lame-duck rampage of 2008 continues unabated, as new regulations approved this week by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Management and Budget propose to clear the way for cheaper mountaintop-removal mining in the Appalachians.

Mountaintop-removal mining is the cheapest way to completely remove the coal that forms the core of many Appalachian hills and mountains; the process allows the summit of a mountain to be entirely removed and an open-pit mine dug into the stump. The new regulations allow more rubble from these activities to be deposited in nearby valleys and streams, destroying riparian habitat and impacting stream quality.

For all the boasting President Bush has been doing about making the transition to Barack Obama's presidency smooth and easy, he seems determined to leave office having done as much damage to environmental regulations and protection as possible. He's also pressuring the EPA to make it easier for coal-fired power plants to be built in close proximity to national parks, and working to weaken the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. There's little that we can do to slow this lame duck's warpath through environmental regulation, but it's our obligation to pressure the next administration to put things right as best they can.

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