Biden Admin Proposes Ending New Coal Leasing in Nation’s Largest Coal-Producing Region

Published on May 17, 2024

The Biden administration has proposed ending new coal leasing on federal lands and underground mineral reserves in the Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana, the largest coal-producing region in the United States. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published two proposed plans on Thursday that would prevent companies from applying for new coal mining rights on federally owned lands in the area that covers more than 13 million acres across the two states. It marks the latest efforts by President Joe Biden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In its final environmental impact statement for the two proposals, the BLM elected a “no future coal leasing alternative,” having found that continued coal leasing in the Powder River Basin would result in significant consequences to the climate, public health, and the environment....

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