States try again to block coal sales that Trump revived
Source: Associated Press
Matthew Brown, Associated Press Updated 4:32 pm
T, Monday, July 20, 2020
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A coalition of states, environmentalists and American Indians on Monday renewed its push to stop the Trump administration from selling coal from public lands after a previous effort to halt the lease sales was dismissed by a federal judge.
Joined by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and several environmental groups, Democratic attorneys general from California, New York, New Mexico and Washington state filed a lawsuit challenging the administration's coal program in U.S. District Court in Montana.
They alleged the administration acted illegally when it resumed coal sales that had been halted under Obama due to climate change and other concerns.
The case is among scores of legal challenges that environmentalists and their political allies have launched to counter the Trump administration's push for more domestic energy production and less stringent regulations.
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