Conservationists force agencies to take a new look at environmental impacts of coal mine expansion
Construction of road and methane venting pad above the West Elk coal mine. Source: U.S. Forest Service
Gunnison County, CO–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014. Citing agencies’ neglect to consider climate change impacts, a federal court ruling todayrejected federal agencies’ approval of Arch Coal’s plans to bulldoze roads through 1,700 acres of the pristine Sunset Roadless Area in Western Colorado and halted…
