Gawd what a buncha hypocrites and LIARS they are becoming. More:
And EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said this year that the agency had "considerable concern" about the projects. She pledged that her agency would "use the best science and follow the letter of the law in ensuring we are protecting our environment."

Soon afterward, the agency blocked six major mountaintop projects in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.

But this month, after White House meetings with coal companies and advocates such as Rahall and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, the EPA gave the green light to at least two dozen projects.

"It was a big disappointment," said Joan Mulhern, a lawyer for Earthjustice, an environmental law firm that has led court challenges to mountaintop removal.

Mulhern charged that the EPA "blew off" Jackson's earlier promises that the agency would adhere to science and conduct an open process.

Ed Hopkins, a top Sierra Club official, said that some of the projects that obtained

4 months and the list of fuckups is quickly growing, Obama!