The federal government recently offered up thousands of acres for coal mining across Utah. But recent coal mining leases have ...
Federal officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah ...
The cost to reduce smoke billowing from a fire burning deep within an abandoned Central Utah coal mine could run over $1 million, and crews can likely never put the fire out. “We’re going to do ...
A trail in Bryce Canyon National Park is pictured in May 2024. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch) An initiative of Congress’ spending package known as the “big, beautiful bill” started becoming a ...
BILLINGS, Mont.(AP) — U.S. officials rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in ...
Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find enough ...
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced new leases for coal mines in three states Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's push for more domestic energy production. Photo by Aaron ...