GILLETTE, Wyo.— The Biden administration announced today it will end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, the largest coal-producing region in the United States. The decision represents a historic ...

and will work to demonstrate the economically viable production of rare earth elements from coal-related feedstocks. The study has the potential to launch a new industry in extracting critical rare ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today to challenge a massive Powder River Basin coal-mining plan the groups say ignores alternatives to coal, oil and gas leasing ...

Though coal production is falling in the region, the Interior Department’s plan to halt leasing has drawn the ire of Republicans and industry. Wyoming and Montana are suing the federal ...

In one of its biggest steps yet to keep fossil fuels in the ground, the Biden administration announced Thursday that it will end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, which produces nearly ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed Thursday to effectively ban future leasing in a sizable portion of the Powder River Basin, a coal-rich geologic formation covering parts of Wyoming and ...