GAO reports confirms unfair coal leasing practices
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 4, 2014. Today, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) echoed the Sierra Club and other environmental and community advocacy groups in calling for a temporary suspension of the federal coal leasing program. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the result of its investigation into coal leasing practices at the Bureau of Land Management, which confirmed earlier reportsthat coal companies have taken advantage of a lax bidding…
