{"id":251239,"date":"2024-05-18T03:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T03:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/monumental-decision-biden-admin-proposes-ending-coal-leasing-in-nations-most-productive-mining-area\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T05:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T05:34:54","slug":"monumental-decision-biden-admin-proposes-ending-coal-leasing-in-nations-most-productive-mining-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/monumental-decision-biden-admin-proposes-ending-coal-leasing-in-nations-most-productive-mining-area\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Monumental Decision\u2019: Biden Admin Proposes Ending Coal Leasing in Nation\u2019s Most Productive Mining Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Decker Coal Mine on publicly owned land in the Powder River Basin in Decker, Montana on Nov. 13, 2013. WildEarth Guardians                <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__trust \">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ecowatch\/assets\/img\/dist\/who-we-are-wrapper-6.webp\" class=\"article__trust-img\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy you can trust us                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__trust-tooltip\">\n<p>Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The United States Department of the Interior\u2019s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed the ending of new coal leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming\u2019s Powder River Basin (PRB) \u2014 the nation\u2019s most productive area for the highly polluting fossil fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The new proposal would impact millions of acres of mineral reserves on federal lands,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/coal-leasing-biden-administration-renewable-energy.html\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Decker Coal Mine on publicly owned land in the Powder River Basin in Decker, Montana on Nov. 13, 2013. 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