You better get used to it – I have a feeling you are going to be seeing the two terms that make up the title of this post together a lot this summer.
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From WVPubcast
June 24, 2009 · Just two days after yet another mountaintop removal protest, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is holding a hearing on its effect on water.
The Senate committee is considering a bill—Senate Bill 696—that would redefine fill material and prohibit mountain waste from being dumped in waterways.
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From the Sierra Club – Sierra Club will be microblogging on Twitter from the mountaintop removal coal mining hearing in DC on Thursday. Anyone can follow the hearing by searching for the #stopmtr tag on Twitter.
You can watch the hearing live at http://tinyurl.com/lquy2m and then follow #stopmtr on Twitter for Sierra Club fact checking and behind the scenes information.
You can also get live updates at www.sierraclub.org/compass starting at 3pm ET Thursday.
