Feds advance leases for coal mines in Alabama, Montana and Utah

Mihaela Păun

Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The Department of the Interior announced Tuesday that it will open lease sales for coal mining projects in Alabama, Montana and Utah as part of the Trump administration's plans for domestic resource production. The sales will be completed later this fall and are the latest in a series of sometimes controversial mining projects planned since President Donald Trump signed executive orders intended to make the U.S. "energy dominant ." The orders focus on boosting coal production,

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