Feds fast-track coal mining expansion in southwest Wyoming

Feds fast-track coal mining expansion in southwest Wyoming

The Trump administration this week expedited approval of a southwest Wyoming coal mine’s expansion. The Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement completed its environmental review for the Black Butte coal mine plan in under 30 days, according to the Interior Department. Typically, a federal environmental review, which includes volumes of documents regarding environmental, socioeconomic and health impacts — along with public input — t…