Western Environmental Law Center: Biden Administration Defends Trump-Era Decision That Fails to Account for the Costs of Pollution From Leasing Publicly Owned Coal
January 11, 2022
January 11, 2022
EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 11 (TNSRep) -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release:
In a filing late Friday, the Biden administration's U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) defended two Trump-era resource management plans (RMPs) that failed to comply with a court order to account for impacts from burning publicly-owned coal, including on public health, and to consider alternatives that limit coal leasing in the Powder River Basin - the largest coal-produ . . .
In a filing late Friday, the Biden administration's U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) defended two Trump-era resource management plans (RMPs) that failed to comply with a court order to account for impacts from burning publicly-owned coal, including on public health, and to consider alternatives that limit coal leasing in the Powder River Basin - the largest coal-produ . . .