All conveyor systems are at risk of fire caused by the ignition of transported materials or equipment failure. But the propensity of Powder River Basin (PRB) coal to self-ignite introduces an ...

Coal fires continue to be a problem throughout the Powder River Basin, said Ed Heffern, a geologist with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He has studied coal fires in the Powder River Basin ...

A federal judge Friday allowed a coalition of tribal and green groups to fight to save a Biden-era rule that would end coal ...

As the Reagan administration planned its first Powder River Basin coal sale, William Perry Pendley ... $60 million under fair market value — a "fire sale," the panel said — while the General ...

A coal train rolls past a truck-and-shovel coal mining operation on Sept. 2, 2022, in the Powder River Basin north of Gillette. Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile Facebook ...

The Biden administration Wednesday formally moved to end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin — the nation’s largest coal-producing region — drawing a sharp rebuke and threats from ...

(AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File) (CN) — A federal judge has blocked Bureau of Land Management proposals that would have allowed for the expansion of two coal mines in the Powder River Basin in Montana and ...

(AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File) (CN) — The Biden administration drew both applause and fury on Thursday after announcing its intent to end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and ...

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 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 on public lands ...

May 16 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to future coal leasing on federal lands in Montana and Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the nation's most productive coal ...

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 ...