Western Environmental Law Center: 9th Circuit Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Underground Coal Mine Expansion
April 06, 2022
April 06, 2022
EUGENE, Oregon, April 6 (TNSPol) -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release:
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' panel ruled Trump's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) wrongly approved an expansion of Signal Peak's Bull Mountain Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana. OSM largely ignored the fact that the proposed 175-million-ton expansion would release 240 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution over 11 years. In a 2-1 decision, Judges . . .
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' panel ruled Trump's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) wrongly approved an expansion of Signal Peak's Bull Mountain Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana. OSM largely ignored the fact that the proposed 175-million-ton expansion would release 240 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution over 11 years. In a 2-1 decision, Judges . . .