coal industry

“The fact that they've had to cancel lease sales when this is such a pro-coal administration tells you that even the White House can't offset markets. Markets are really the final determinant of whether coal is going to be around in the power generation market,” UW economist Rob Godby told WPR.

If signed into law by the president, the bill would revert to a previous land management plan for the nation’s top producing coal region, which allows new coal mining. However, even when that previous plan was in place, there wasn’t a federal coal lease sale for more than a decade.

The panel included Wyoming and Montana governors. They cheered Trump’s rollback of environmental oversight, adding that more can be done.

After mining industry trade groups sued to overturn the rule, federal judges twice paused its enforcement before the government shutdown delayed it a third time this month. Andy Martin went to the Department of Labor to speak out against further delays.

Watchdog groups are raising flags over how the federal government is handling two major coal lease sales in our region, one of which was postponed last minute.

The Trump administration is tossing money to prolong coal power, but a Wyoming electricity provider says it’s sticking with plans to fully convert a coal plant to natural gas.

Wyoming lawmakers fear financial fallout from federal breaks to coal.

Wyoming is set to lose about $50 million a year because of new federal breaks for the coal industry. This has state lawmakers looking for ways to recoup the revenue loss.

Once again, lawmakers disagreed on how to “save” coal, failing to move forward a draft bill that would have repealed current state law.

Things are looking good for the coal industry based on the newly signed “One Big Beautiful Bill.” But it’s not as straightforward for Wyoming’s revenues.