The Department of the Interior (DOI) is putting up millions of acres of federal lands for coal leasing purposes, in line with President Donald Trump’s push to restore energy dominance in the United States, it said in a Sept. 29 statement.
“The Bureau of Land Management is making up to 13.1 million acres of federal coal available for lease, lowering royalty rates to strengthen competitiveness, and streamlining approvals for projects in Montana, Wyoming, Tennessee and beyond,” the DOI said.
The decision is guided by two executive orders signed by Trump—Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, signed on March 20, and Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry, signed on April 8….