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US Update

Published by MAC on 2006-06-29


US Update

29th June 2006

The Bush regime is facing a massive knock-down, as the US Supreme Court consents to hear a multi-party case against its pro-corporate polices on global greenhouse gas emissions.

Massey Coal- the country's leading practitioner of "mountaintop mining" is charged with violations following landslides and flooding in West Virginia.

Doe Run - under heavy indictment in Peru - has been sued by a Missouri landholding corporation for alleged violations of federal environmental laws at and near its mining operations in Reynolds County.

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