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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

The two coal firms control about two-thirds of the southern Powder River Basin’s coal reserves, making them the biggest players in the basin. Wyoming’s governor and attorney general have thrown their ...