Stopping A Massive Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine

The document details the legal battle over the Spruce No. 1 mine, one of the largest proposed mountaintop removal sites. It highlights the EPA's historic 2011 veto of the mine based on potential harm to natural resources and overburdened low-income communities, and the subsequent court proceedings where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the EPA's authority to veto the project in April 2013.

• The Spruce No. 1 mine, proposed by the Mingo Logan coal company, is described as one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed, with the potential to destroy thousands of acres of forest and bury more than six miles of mountain streams in rubble.
• In January 2011, the EPA issued the first-ever veto of a proposed mine, citing that the Spruce mine would severely damage natural resources in an area where low-income communities are already burdened by mining pollution.
• Following a 2012 District Court reversal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the EPA's legal authority to veto the mine in April 2013, a ruling that stood after a reconsideration request was denied in July 2013.

APA

Earthjustice (2014). Stopping A Massive Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine. https://earthjustice.org/case/stopping-a-massive-mountaintop-removal-coal-mine

Chicago

Earthjustice. Stopping A Massive Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine. 2014. https://earthjustice.org/case/stopping-a-massive-mountaintop-removal-coal-mine.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{earthjustice2014stopping, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Stopping A Massive Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine}}, institution = {Earthjustice}, year = {2014}, month = aug, url = {https://earthjustice.org/case/stopping-a-massive-mountaintop-removal-coal-mine}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }