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Broad Coalition Organizes to Protest Federal Coal Lease Moratorium and Royalty Rate Hikes at Grand Junction Hearing June 23rd

The Obama Administration, which recently placed a temporary moratorium on new federal coal leases is trying to knockout coal in the West.

While the EPA plan is extremely harmful for the nation as a whole, no segment of the population will be more adversely affected than the 42 million people served by rural electric cooperatives in 47 states.

The Dry Fork Mine is in the process of conducting an Environmental Assessment (EA) to add leased, permitted federal coal to its mine plan.

Deadline for the first comment period is March 12. Anything you could do to help us get the word out and comments to OSM would be greatly appreciated.

It is important that OSMRE hear your voice before February 18!

This is a story of the men and women who take pride in mining and the positive impact it has on the communities they call home.

KUSA - The US Department of Interior announced on Tuesday the sage grouse does not need endangered species protection, thanks to recent conservation efforts. Colorado and other western states have spent years working to protect the greater sage-grouse, a chicken-sized bird whose shrinking population numbers made the federal government to consider listing it as an "endangered" species.