This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for ...

One of Campbell County’s oldest homesteading families is proposing a land swap and sale that could unlock 250 million tons of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truck carrying a load of Powder River Basin coal (Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer of WyoFile). The U.S. Bureau of Land Management ...

The Biden administration announced a big decision to block new mining in a key region producing nearly half of the nation's coal over climate change concerns, but it could be short-lived as ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The Biden administration is blocking new coal mining on public lands at a major hub for the fossil fuel. Last week and this week, it released two decisions on the future of mining in the Powder River ...