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Here are some of the latest reports on the Bush Administration's rule proposal that would unleash more mountain top removal (MTR) coal mining on American mountains and nearby communities.
- "Editorial: Don't alter mining buffer-zone rule," Knoxville News Sentinel, September 9, 2007.
- "Editorial: Congress should put a stop to mountaintop-removal mining," Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 8, 2007.
- "Editorial: Ravaging Appalachia," New York Times, August 27, 2007.
- "Bush Administration Declares War on Mountains and the People Who Live There," Wired Blog Network, August 23, 2007.
- "Rule to Expand Mountaintop Coal Mining in U.S.," International Herald Tribune, August 23, 2007.
- "US Wants to Give Break to Strip Miners," The Guardian/Associated Press, August 23, 2007.