WildEarth Guardians: Another Win for Climate - Federal Court Rejects Utah Coal Mine Expansion
March 26, 2021
March 26, 2021
SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 26 (TNSpol) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on March 25, 2021:
A federal judge today rejected a coal mine expansion in southern Utah, finding that the Trump administration illegally failed to account for the climate costs of authorizing more mining at the doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park.
First proposed in 2011, the Alton coal lease would have opened the door for strip mining on 2,114 acres in southern Utah, all . . .
A federal judge today rejected a coal mine expansion in southern Utah, finding that the Trump administration illegally failed to account for the climate costs of authorizing more mining at the doorstep of Bryce Canyon National Park.
First proposed in 2011, the Alton coal lease would have opened the door for strip mining on 2,114 acres in southern Utah, all . . .