CASPER, Wyo.— The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration’s 2024 decision ending new coal leasing ...

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Wyoming and Montana filed suit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday seeking to overturn the agency’s rule to end federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin — the nation’s most ...

GILLETTE — The latest coal reports show improvement for Powder River Basin mines when compared to the first half of the year. But overall production remains on track to decline slightly from last year ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some of the coal mined in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming comes from surface mines like this one. (Photo courtesy of Wyoming BLM via Flickr | CC-BY-SA 2.0) The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on ...

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 ...

The Biden administration Wednesday formally moved to end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin — the nation’s largest coal-producing region — drawing a sharp rebuke and threats from Republicans and ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — The amount of coal mined in northeast Wyoming declined by 4.8 percent in 2015, according to the latest coal production numbers. The 12 active mines in the Powder River Basin dug out ...

Montana and Wyoming filed suit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday seeking to overturn the agency’s rule to end federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin — the nation’s most ...