Allison Rutledge
Mason Group Clashes with Mining Companies: Students Work to Pass ‘Stream Saver’ Bill
|Over the past month, members of George Mason University’s Environmental Action Group, or EAG, have been working hard to help pass legislation to protect streams and mountains in the commonwealth. One bill in particular, the “Stream Saver” bill, would stop coal companies from dumping surface mining waste into streams, effectively ending mountaintop removal in Virginia.