"Mountaintop Removal Coal Output Drops 62 Percent"

"Coal production from the controversial mountaintop removal mining technique has dropped nearly two thirds in the last six years.

United States mines with permits to use that practice saw a 62 percent decline in production between 2008 and 2014, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

That compares with a 15 percent drop in all coal output during that time and a 21 percent decrease in production from all surface mining, the EIA said, citing data from various federal and state agencies."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill July 7, 2015.