Coal Mining News
US green group to sue to delay sale of two PRB coal leases
A New Mexico environmental group will file a lawsuit Monday to delay the sale of two federal coal tracts in the Powder River Basin.....(08/27/2010)
BLM plans PRB coal sales in face of environmental opposition
The US Bureau of Land Management plans to go ahead with the sale of more than 350 million short tons of coal in the Wyoming Powder River Basin, despite objections and at least one planned lawsuit from environmental groups.....(08/05/2010)
Conservationists challenge coal mine plan
A local landowner and agriculture group have filed an appeal against a federal plan to lease 429 million tons of coal to the Antelope mine along the borders of Converse and Campbell counties.....(05/05/2010)
Lawmakers advance coal plant tax break
Amid much skepticism, a legislative committee voted this week to take up a draft bill that would add “oxy-combustion” coal-fired power plants to an existing sales-and-use tax exemption for the power industry.....(11/13/09)
King Coal Most of the world’s strip-mining is done with Milwaukee-made machines. Few metro-area economies are more dependent on coal.
LJ Turner is a classic, modern-day cowboy. His family has owned a cattle ranch in Campbell County, Wyo., since 1918. For years, he leased thousands of acres of federal land as summer pasture for his cows. But now the land has been taken from him and is being leased to coal mines.....(10/26/09)
EPA chief: Wyo. will remain energy king Wyoming will remain at the heart of the national energy production as the nation turns to cleaner energy solutions,
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said during a visit to Gillette on Thursday.....(05/22/09)
Group: Look at climate change in coal EIS
An environmental group wants the Bureau of Land Management to include a broader analysis of the climate change impacts on the Powder River Basin before it issues more coal leases.....(11-21-08)