Court Strikes Down Loophole Allowing Road Construction for Coal Mines in Colorado Backcountry

by Gary Kopycinski on September 12, 2014

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Gunnison County, CO–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2014. A federal court overturned a coal mine expansion decision Thursday, eliminating a loophole which had allowed road construction for coal mining in western Colorado’s roadless public forest lands.