Go figure. Two out of three Americans (65 percent) oppose the Bush Administration’s proposed rule “to ease environmental regulations to permit wider use of ‘mountain top removal.’ (MTR) coal mining in the U.S,” AkA This:

The survey was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for the 700 Mountains project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute (CSI) think tank. Read the full report here. (pdf)

Other key survey findings include the following:

• “The Bush Administration plan to permit wider MTR coal mining is favored by only about one out of four Americans (26 percent), including 14 percent of Democrats, 27 percent of Independents, and 42 percent of Republicans.
• “Almost nine out of 10 Americans (88 percent) – including 83 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of Independents and 94 percent of Democrats – agree with the statement: “Before the United States puts in place new regulations to permit more coal mining, it should first make sure that coal mines and coal mining practices are safe for miners, nearby communities and the environment.” The impact of recent mining deaths in Utah and elsewhere are evident in the findings, with 93 percent of women and 81 percent of men agreeing with the statement.

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