Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the coal mined in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming comes from surface mines like this one. (Photo courtesy of Wyoming BLM ...

The Senate voted Thursday to revive federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, reversing a Biden-era policy and putting the measure on track for President Donald Trump’s signature. According to ...

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On a cool morning in late February, Mark Fix was up before the sun to watch the Tongue River on his ranch in southeast Montana. He was concerned that a breaching ice dam could put his cattle and ...

May 16 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to future coal leasing on federal lands in Montana and Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the nation's most productive coal-producing ...

The Trump administration—ignoring decades of climate science and downward economic trends—has begun the process of reopening millions of acres of public land to coal mining in the Powder River Basin, ...

GILLETTE, Wyo.— The Biden administration announced today it will end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, the largest coal-producing region in the United States. The decision represents a historic ...

The Interior Department issued plans Thursday to throttle future coal mining in the nation’s largest coal-producing region. The Bureau of Land Management proposal would end new federal coal leases in ...

A dump truck hauls coal at Contura Energy's Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyoming. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File) (CN) — The Biden administration drew both applause and fury on Thursday after ...

The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new coal leases on the eastern plains of Wyoming and Montana. From its ...

WRIGHT – What’s the value of a new 440-million-ton federal coal tract in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin mining district in today’s market? Pretty low, according to some Powder River Basin coal producers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the coal mined in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming comes from surface mines like this one. (Photo courtesy of Wyoming BLM ...