Rejection of Colorado Coal Mine on Global Warming Grounds Could Be Game-Changer

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By Anne LandmanJul 3, 2014, 8:00 am42 pts
A U.S. District Court judge ruled on June 27 that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service both wrongly approved expansion of the West Elk coal mine in Somerset, Colo., because they failed to take into account the economic impacts greenhouse gas emissions from the mining would have. The federal…

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