Summary
THERE is no question that the Gazette is biased when it comes to covering coal mining issues, but the Dec. 4 editorial "Sabotage" was simply dishonest.
Alleging the stream buffer zone rule change is a "last-minute directive" that is "slipping through" in the final days of the Bush presidency is factually wrong, and the Gazette's own reporting provides proof. Several Ken Ward Jr. articles have referred to the nearly five-year process, the environmental impact statement that was performed and the public hearings about the proposed rule. Ward's Dec. 3 article states: "OSM proposed a rule in January 2004, and then delayed finalizing it so agency officials could conduct a more detailed environmental impact review." How can a process that generated over 40,000 public comments be characterized as "last- minute"?See the full content of this document
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Editorial Reveals Prejudice
Maybe the editorial writers don't read the Gazette. Or do they believe taking their so-called "facts" from press releases issued by anti-mining extremist gr...
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