Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Representatives from Navajo Nation, Appalachia and Wyoming held a meeting Tuesday to ask President Biden to appoint a director for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). The federal office oversees standards for mining site clean up and has sat empty for one and a half years.

Congress canceled a set of coal mining regulations last week, just two months after they’d been passed. President Trump signed the repeal with support…

With the downturn in the coal market, the federal government is encouraging states to reconsider whether to allow coal companies to self-bond.…

In a strongly-worded letter sent Friday, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality accuses the federal government of “political theater.” The letter…

Responding to a federal inquiry, the State of Wyoming defended itself against accusations that it is allowing coal giant Peabody Energy to continue…

Recent coal company bankruptcies pose a significant risk to taxpayers, the Secretary of the Interior told a U.S. Senate committee Tuesday.Some of the…