August 28, 2015
Environmental groups can't force the federal government to take a fresh look at how its coal management program affects climate change, partly because no substantial changes have been proposed that would trigger a review, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday.
July 15, 2015
A D.C. federal judge allowed North Dakota and the Wyoming Mining Association to intervene Wednesday in a case that seeks an environmental analysis of the federal coal management program, despite the plaintiffs' argument that Wyoming state already intervened to represent the same interests.
March 10, 2015
Two environmental groups told a D.C. federal court Monday to reject North Dakota's and the Wyoming Mining Association's bids to intervene in a suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over its federal coal leasing program, saying the proposed intervenors' interests are already represented.
February 20, 2015
North Dakota sought to intervene Thursday in a D.C. federal suit aiming to force the U.S. Department of the Interior to re-examine a federal coal leasing program in light of potential climate change impacts, backing the DOI's bid to dismiss the complaint.
February 02, 2015
The Department of the Interior is not required to re-examine a 35-year-old report on the environmental impacts of leasing public land for coal mining as requested in two environmental organizations' complaint, the agency told a D.C. federal judge on Friday.
November 25, 2014
The U.S. Department of the Interior has failed for decades to analyze the environmental impact of its controversial practice of leasing public land to private parties for coal mining, two environmental nonprofits alleged in D.C. federal court Monday.