Environmentalists Seek To Broaden West Virginia Coal Mining Ban

Environmental groups are seeking to extend to Kentucky a contentious federal court ban on mountaintop coal mining in a key part of West Virginia. The groups are arguing that the Army Corps of Engineers is unlawfully using Clean Water Act general permits to allow massive mine waste disposal in streams when the permits are only intended for activities that have a limited environmental impact. The groups -- Kentucky Riverkeeper, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Kentucky Waterways Alliance -- filed suit...