Nice attempt to dodge the intent of the entire post by picking out a couple of pieces and attempting to get the debate over to them. The point of the post wasn't about the strip mining, that was just used to illustrate the main point. Did you do that on purpose, or just don't know how to answer the main contentions? And what has debating Bill Clinton's achievments in the environmental arena got to do with the contention being debated?

You are evading the point whether you realize it or not. It's called obfuscation.

Mick