To me, nothing makes a stronger case in favor of more government regulation than the obscene practice of mountaintop removal mining . I mean, this is the stuff that inspires sci-fi films like Avatar: giant corporations literally buying up pristine habitat, and blowing it up. It would be comical if it didn’t happen every day in Appalachia. Here, Tea Party favorite and the GOP’s Senate candidate for Kentucky Rand Paul discusses h… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Tea Party Star Rand Paul on Mountaintop Mining: Nobody Will Miss a Hill or Two (Video)