August 04, 2022
A federal judge on Wednesday for the second time struck down resource management plans in coal-rich areas of Montana and Wyoming, finding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to properly consider the effects of air pollution from mining operations in its revised environmental assessment.
January 11, 2022
The federal government defended its revisions to coal leasing and land development plans in the Powder River Basin mining region, rebutting claims from environmental groups that the changes still do not comply with a 2018 court order and environmental regulations.