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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 ...

A truck carrying a load of Powder River Basin coal (Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer of WyoFile). The U.S. Bureau of Land Management last week finalized its plans to end future coal leasing of about 1.7 ...

The Bureau of Land Management is moving forward with the West Antelope III lease-by-application project, which covers about 3,500 acres. The Bureau of Land Management is advancing the proposed West ...

Federal officials are undoing a Biden-era rule that ended new coal leasing in the prolific Powder River Basin spanning northeast Wyoming and southern Montana. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, at ...

Benchmark crude oil prices rose Friday to finish the week at their highest levels this month, as economic indicators from China and the U.S., the world's top two oil consumers, raised hopes for higher ...

The Trump administration has been fixated on resuscitating the coal industry, long in steep decline. That explains why the Bureau of Land Management is now eager to resume leasing of publicly owned ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...