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Legislature Effectively Kills Mountaintop Removal Bill

Today the state House used an unusual procedure to avoid voting on the TN Scenic Vistas Act, a bill that would ban mountaintop removal mining.

The move means the legislation likely won't be passed this session unless the Senate pushes for a vote next week--yet considering that that body's been angling to avoid voting on the measure, too, this scenario isn't likely.

For more on all the legislative trickery, check out this week's Citybeat.

 

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