Though coal production is falling in the region, the Interior Department’s plan to halt leasing has drawn the ire of Republicans and industry. Wyoming and Montana are suing the federal government for ...

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Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, the nation’s most prolific coal producing region, is being put on a fast track to retirement. On Thursday, the Biden administration and Bureau of Land Management proposed ...

On a cool morning in late February, Mark Fix was up before the sun to watch the Tongue River on his ranch in southeast Montana. He was concerned that a breaching ice dam could put his cattle and ...

Peabody is pivoting back to its core U.S. thermal coal assets, capitalizing on surging electricity demand from data centers and a supportive political environment. Termination of the Anglo deal ...

From 1866 to 1868, in an effort to retain control of the important Powder River Basin, Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota) and his Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapaho allies engaged in a sustained armed ...