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Westerners Comment On Federal Coal
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Regulators heard from all sorts of people, from firefighters to business owners to coal miners, at a meeting in Grand Junction, CO last week on potential reforms to the federal coal program.
Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/federal-land/)
Regulators heard from all sorts of people, from firefighters to business owners to coal miners, at a meeting in Grand Junction, CO last week on potential reforms to the federal coal program.
Fossil fuel production on federal and Indian land is down over the past decade, in contrast to a big boost in production across the rest of the country. Why does it matter if the land that sits on top of fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas – is federal, Indian, or private? One word: money.