Scientists warn against mountaintop mining

WASHINGTON - Mountaintop coal mining - in which peaks are blasted off and stream valleys buried under tons of rubble - is so destructive that the government should stop giving out new permits to do it, a group of scientists said in a paper released yesterday. (Full article: 162 words)

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