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WORC members push back as Trump administration moves to reopen coal leasing in the Powder River Basin

Despite energy markets rapidly moving toward cleaner, cheaper sources, the Trump administration is steering in the opposite direction. On April 8th, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at expanding coal leasing on public land and minerals. The EO directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)  to prioritize coal leasing as the primary land use for public lands with coal resources identified in them. In response to the EO, the…