"The appellate court panel found that a judge erred in 2022 when he reinstated the Obama administration’s moratorium on new coal leasing."
"A federal appellate court on Wednesday delivered a victory for the mining sector and scrapped a lower court ruling that froze new coal leases on public lands.
In an unsigned memorandum, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court judge’s decision in 2022 that reinstated an Obama-era moratorium on reviewing most new coal leasing applications.
The case centers on whether the Trump administration — in restarting the federal coal leasing program — was required under the National Environmental Policy Act to study the environmental effects of permitting more coal mining."
Hannah Northey and Niina H. Farah report for E&E News February 21, 2024.
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"Court Lifts Federal Coal Sales Moratorium In A Setback For Dems And Environmentalists" (AP)
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