“Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel, And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land, Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken, Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.” -John Prine, Paradise
Coal mining to expand on public lands in Wyoming
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Coal mining on public lands will expand in the coming months in Wyoming, as the federal government makes more coal-rich land available for lease by mining companies.