“It is becoming clear that the Justices are now becoming part of the Washington elite, which accepts power in the hands of the government as the coin of the realm. It is too bad they condone taking those coins from the hands of working men and women who can ill afford them.” -Daniel Kish
WASHINGTON — IER released today the following statement from Senior Vice President Daniel Kish after the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear an appeal from Arch Coal Inc. on its revoked permit for the Spruce No. 1 mine in West Virginia. After being issued the permit in 2007 by the Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA retroactively vetoed the project in 2011. The statement reads:
