Though coal production is falling in the region, the Interior Department’s plan to halt leasing has drawn the ire of Republicans and industry. Wyoming and Montana are suing the federal ...

GILLETTE, Wyo.— The Biden administration announced today it will end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, the largest coal-producing region in the United States. The decision represents a historic ...

A new analysis of federal data shows that U.S. power plants are sitting on a huge stockpile of coal, much of which came from the Powder River Basin. Experts say the surplus could reduce demand.

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 ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management last week finalized its plans to end future coal leasing of about 1.7 million acres of federal land in Montana’s Powder River Basin as ...

A truck carrying a load of Powder River Basin coal (Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer of WyoFile). The U.S. Bureau of Land Management last week finalized its plans to end future coal leasing of about 1.7 ...

Montana and Wyoming 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 ...