How Will Trump’s Effort to Revitalize Coal Play Out in the Nation’s Most Productive Coal Fields?

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By By Jake BolsterApr 25, 2025, 5:00 am351 ptsTop
Western tribal groups and environmentalists want to defend the recent ban on permitting of new coal mines in the Powder River Basin, but Trump and Wyoming covet a coal comeback. By Jake Bolster On a cool morning in late February, Mark Fix was up before the sun to watch the Tongue River on his ranch in southeast…

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