Not exact matches
It is appalling that while the federal government is pushing offshore oil drilling and mountaintop -
removal coal mining, proposing to strip - mine shale oil and tar sands and to dramatically expand the production of high - level nuclear
waste, they have declared a two - year moratorium on new solar electric power plants on public lands — which have some of the best solar energy resources in the world — for «environmental reasons».
The climate movement is pointing out that unconventional fossil fuel extraction techniques (fracking, tar sands excavation, deep - water drilling, mountaintop
removal coal mining) are leaving or will leave toxic
wastes and scars on the landscape as the fossil fuel industry gouges and lacerates the earth in search of combustible fossil resources.
In December 2008, the Bush Administration approved a final rule that made it easier for
coal companies to dump rock and other mine
waste from mountaintop
removal mining operations into nearby streams and valleys.
Surface mining has also become a dominant driver of land - use change and water pollution in certain regions of the world, where mountaintop
removal,
coal and tar sands exploitation, and other open pit mining methods strip land surfaces of forests and topsoils, produce vast quantities of toxic sludge and solid
waste, and often fill valleys, rivers, and streams with the resulting
waste and debris [81].