January 24, 2017
A dozen environmental groups asked a D.C. federal judge on Friday to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit brought by 13 states against the U.S. Department of the Interior challenging federal rules finalized in December aimed at minimizing harm to surface and groundwater from coal mining operations.
January 18, 2017
Thirteen states sued the U.S. Department of the Interior in D.C. federal court on Tuesday, alleging that federal rules finalized in December aimed at minimizing harm to surface and groundwater from coal mining operations violated the states' ability to regulate mining within their borders.