Archive for March 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/27/2012 TN Legislators Miss Another Opportunity to Protect State’s Mountains House Subcommittee Kills Mountaintop Removal Ban With Delay Tactic For Second Time – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…

PRESS ADVISORY March 12, 2012 Today, for the first time in any state legislature, a mountaintop removal mining ban is expected to move to a full floor vote. The Tennessee Senate will vote this evening on the Scenic Vistas Protection Act, a bill that could protect the state’s ridge lines above 2,000 feet from the…