State Sen. Raymond Finney's bill to prohibit the disturbance of ridgelines above 2,000 feet in Tennessee, aimed at curbing surface coal mining, has been approved in the Senate Environment, Conservation and Tourism Committee.
The committee on Wednesday recommended Finney's Senate Bill 3822 for approval. The companion bill was defeated in a House subcommittee, but Finney has said it could be revived by parliamentary means.
Submitted by WhitesCreek on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 08:14.
This bill doesn't really help all that much, though I'm not complaining. It does protect ridgelines over 2000 feet.
Looking at the New River in Royal Blue Wilderness area the ridges appear to top out well below that. I think this is a political ploy to make it look like they did something...Only it won't stop National Coal from screwing up the New River and the Big South Fork.
Baby steps. I'm just amazed by Sen. Finney's stand on this. He's a nut on just about every other issue, and none of the other GOP establishment likes him much, but he was able to get this bill this far somehow.
This bill doesn't really help all that much, though I'm not complaining. It does protect ridgelines over 2000 feet.
Looking at the New River in Royal Blue Wilderness area the ridges appear to top out well below that. I think this is a political ploy to make it look like they did something...Only it won't stop National Coal from screwing up the New River and the Big South Fork.
Baby steps. I'm just amazed by Sen. Finney's stand on this. He's a nut on just about every other issue, and none of the other GOP establishment likes him much, but he was able to get this bill this far somehow.
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