High Country Citizens' Alliance et al v. United States Forest Service et al

  1. September 12, 2014

    Colo. Coal Exploration Deal Nixed Over Greenhouse Gas Test

    A Colorado federal judge on Thursday invalidated a large portion of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service plan to open wilderness areas to energy exploration, finding the government had failed to incorporate a study of greenhouse gas emissions costs into its analysis.

  2. August 29, 2014

    US Agrees To GHG Review In Colo., But Enviros Want More

    The federal government on Wednesday told a Colorado federal judge it will analyze the cost of greenhouse gas emissions related to an Arch Coal Inc. lease exploration plan, ignoring environmentalists' demand that such analyses be incorporated more broadly.

  3. June 27, 2014

    Feds Blasted For Ignoring Arch Mine Expansion's Enviro Cost

    A federal judge on Friday found the U.S. Department of the Interior failed to address the effect on climate change of allowing Arch Coal Inc. to expand a coal mine in western Colorado, sustaining protests from three environmental groups and halting the project.

  4. July 03, 2013

    Enviro Groups Sue Feds To Halt Arch Coal Mining Expansion

    Two environmental groups on Tuesday asked a Colorado federal court to halt the planned expansion of an Arch Coal Inc.-owned coal mine near a 5,800-acre area of undeveloped forests in Western Colorado, saying the U.S. Bureau of Land Management improperly approved modifications to the company's mining leases.