The Trump administration—ignoring decades of climate science and downward economic trends—has begun the process of reopening millions of acres of public land to coal mining in the Powder River Basin, ...

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 Trump administration is considering reversing a Biden-era policy that blocked coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, the nation’s largest coal-producing region. The Bureau of Land Management on ...

DENVER — Federal officials on Monday took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana and Wyoming filed suit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday seeking to ...