Earthjustice: Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Order to Open Public Lands to Coal Leasing
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 21 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on July 20:
A coalition including states, conservation organizations, and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe launched a new challenge against the Trump administration's decision to open millions of acres of public lands for new coal leasing and mining. That 2017 decision ended an Obama-era leasing moratorium that had protected public lands from new coal strip mines, and the water, air, and climate pollutio . . .
A coalition including states, conservation organizations, and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe launched a new challenge against the Trump administration's decision to open millions of acres of public lands for new coal leasing and mining. That 2017 decision ended an Obama-era leasing moratorium that had protected public lands from new coal strip mines, and the water, air, and climate pollutio . . .