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Legislation Against Fracking Returns to Congress

Posted on March 16 2011 by Congress Watcher

Who supports the effort to bring hydrofracturing back under the control of the American people? The list of cosponsors has no Republicans.

The 11 Democrats who voted to Poison Americans’ Drinking Water (and the 9 Republicans who didn’t)

Posted on March 6 2011 by Congressional Aid

Last year, the Department of the Interior published regulations to keep the carcinogenic and otherwise poisonous rubble created by mountaintop removal mining out of the streams that sustain wildlife and (if you want to be anthropocentric) feed into the drinking water supplies for millions of Americans. Last month, Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio introduced H.Amdt [...]

Raese Maneuvers To Support Coal Executives, Not Coal Workers

Posted on August 29 2010 by Congress Watcher

John Raese’s insinuation that global warming science is all just a big hoax will work, if West Virginia voters don’t bother to educate themselves about the issue in any detail. Raese’s Senate campaign has placed its bet firmly in favor of the ignorance of the West Virginia electorate.

Rand Paul’s Strange Coal Flatland

Posted on May 19 2010 by Congress Watcher

Mountaintop removal coal mining supporter Rand Paul suggests that Kentuckians might enjoy seeing parts of their landscape look more like Iowa.

Shimkus Sends Others To Deadly, Dirty Work

Posted on May 11 2010 by Congress Watcher

John Shimkus doesn’t really want to drill or mine. He wants other people to do the dirty work and drill and mine for him.

Dan Mongiardo Funded By Dirty Coal Money

Posted on April 10 2010 by Congress Watcher

Less than one week before the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, the Mongiardo for Senate campaign wrote a press release criticizing regulation of coal mines as a “declaration of war on Kentucky’s coal industry.”

Only Byrd Criticized Massey Energy For Anything

Posted on April 8 2010 by Congress Watcher

It is the job of Congress to oversee the Executive Branch, including the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. That oversight has been as neglected as Massey Energy’s coal mines.

Nine in Congress Sought to Block Regulation Of Coal Mine Methane

Posted on April 6 2010 by Congress Watcher

Capturing methane from coal mines could have the double benefit of slowing global warming and protecting coal miners. How can the appropriate expense of this benefit be calculated?

Bill To Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Gains Wide Support

Posted on March 17 2009 by Congress Watcher

Companies doing mountaintop removal coal mining have been using a loophole in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to fill in entire creek beds with rubble containing deadly heavy metals, which make their way into the drinking water of local residents and destroy the waterway far downstream.

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