On the upcoming anniversary of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, President Barack Obama has the opportunity to declare an armistice in the polarized Appalachian coalfields, mend a 30-year mining policy of betrayal, and call an end to the most divisive and egregious human rights and environmental violation sanctioned by our federal government.
On August 3rd, the President should keep his campaign promise, travel to Appalachia and publicly announce a timeline on when his administration plans to formally end mountaintop...
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