Sierra Club: Federal Court Cites Human Health, Climate Costs in Massive Wyoming, Montana Coal Mining Rejection
August 05, 2022
August 05, 2022
GREAT FALLS, Montana, Aug. 5 (TNSreact) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022:
A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.
A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.