Jared Huffman: “The 2008 Bush rule exempts waste disposal practices associated with mountain-top removal mining from the buffer zone…”

Folding our hand now or in the lame duck makes no sense when we can keep working on this and, in a few more months, have a much better deal that works for everyone.

I am thinking a lot these days about the final unraveling of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s.

I will fight this, both for Yosemite and for every treasured park that would be up for grabs if this domino falls.

When people ask what will we do, my answer is simple. We’ll use those tools. We’ll act like the Congress.