A major coal mine in Wyoming has received approval to open up a huge new section of federal land for mining. This newly accessible area contains around 14.5 million tons of coal. That is a little more ...

FILE - Energy Secretary Chris Wright listens during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2025, in Washington ...

The federal government is moving forward with leasing thousands of acres of land in west Alabama for coal mining, a move that will drastically increase coal exports from the state. The move could ...

Large crane dumps load of dirt in dump truck at a surface coal mine in northeastern Wyoming. Federal land reserves of coal are being leased for mining in Alabama, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and North ...

Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the faked kidnapping of an executive. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Trump ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades is launching a potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from the fossil ...