HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit against a Biden administration plan that will halt federal coal production in Powder River Basin, which accounts for 85 percent of all coal produced on federal land, and effectively kill Montana's coal industry. This is the 59th lawsuit Attorney General Knudsen has filed against the Biden administration.
Enacted by Congress, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA), provide clear requirements for the BLM to follow when working alongside sta...
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