Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truck carrying a load of Powder River Basin coal (Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer of WyoFile). Montana and Wyoming filed suit against ...

Wyoming has been the top US coal producer since 1986, supplying around 40% of the nation's coal from the top ten mines in the Powder River Basin. According to the Wyoming Mining Association (WMA), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the coal mined in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming comes from surface mines like this one. (Photo courtesy of Wyoming BLM ...

The entire Montana Congressional delegation has introduced a measure in Congress — in both the House and Senate — that would overturn a Biden administration rule issued by the Bureau of Land ...

May 16 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to future coal leasing on federal lands in Montana and Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the nation's most productive coal-producing ...

On a cool morning in late February, Mark Fix was up before the sun to watch the Tongue River on his ranch in southeast Montana. He was concerned that a breaching ice dam could put his cattle and ...

The Biden administration Wednesday formally moved to end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin — the nation’s largest coal-producing region — drawing a sharp rebuke and threats from Republicans and ...

The Senate voted Thursday to revive federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, reversing a Biden-era policy and putting the measure on track for President Donald Trump’s signature. According to ...

The Interior Department issued plans Thursday to throttle future coal mining in the nation’s largest coal-producing region. The Bureau of Land Management proposal would end new federal coal leases in ...

With prices that have doubled since a year ago, Powder River Basin coal is making a slow, but steady recovery, according to recent market reports. Hovering between $14 and $15 a ton spot market price ...