Permit for Coal Mine Expansion Revoked on Navajo Land
Image: Flickr via Doc Searls Two environmental groups have at least a temporary victory to celebrate after a federal judge voided a permit, granted in 2005, for the expansion of a coal mine on Navajo land in New Mexico. The permit had been approved after an environmental assessment found “no significant impact,” a conclusion that the San Juan Citizens Alliance and Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment contested was based on insufficient analysis that did not meet EPA standards. Judge John Kane agreed, and has now ordered the federal government to revi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Permit for Coal Mine Expansion Revoked on Navajo Land
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