Click the link to read the article on the Big Pivots website Allen Best :. Wyoming politicos were furious, some enviros elated. But the Biden administration decision about Powder River coal leasing actually had no real consequence. Hisses and cheers, outrage and elation. These were predictable responses when the Biden administration announced that it plans no new leasing for coal in the Powder River Basin. Other politicos from Wyoming echoed his words.
This will cause the United States to become dependent on energy from other countries. And so forth. My e-mail revealed some hurrahs from those in the environmental camp.
Organizations were supportive but more restrained. At current rates of extraction, coal companies that mine in the Powder River Basin have enough deposits to continue mining until , she pointed out, citing research by the Bureau of Land Management.
The BLM, the federal agency, is responsible for leasing coal from the subterranean land. It does so only in response to proposals from mining companies.
In other words, the companies must ask to mine more coal. None have done so since Two pending leases have stalled since , awaiting action by the companies.
