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Winds of Change Newsletter, December 2007 See sidebar for table of contents
65 Percent of Americans Oppose Bush Plan for Buffer Zone Rules
Two out of three Americans (65 percent) oppose the
Bush Administrations proposed rule "to ease environmental
regulations to permit wider use of mountaintop removal coal mining in
the U.S.," according to a national opinion survey conducted by Opinion
Research Corporation.
The Civil Society Institute launched
www.700Mountains.org to encourage Americans to comment on the proposed
Office of Surface Mining (OSM) rule change and simultaneously express
their views to their elected members of Congress. The public comment
period on the controversial OSM rule change expires Nov. 23.
The website also features a seven-minute segment of an
upcoming documentary film entitled "Burning the Future: Coal in
America," which features OVEC members and focuses on the impact of
mountaintop removal.
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