AGs filed suit Tuesday, asking the court to overturn Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s order “to restart the federal coal leasing program without conducting a new environmental review or supplementing their outdated review of the program.”
AGs also argued the “decision to restart the federal coal leasing program without evaluating whether the program is in the public interest or ensuring that it will provide fair market value to the public” violates federal law.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order in April to rescind and review Obama administration global warming policies, including a 2016 moratorium on new coal leases.
Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell put a moratorium on new coal mining leases in January 2016 to praise from environmentalists. Jewell said the moratorium would be in place until Interior officials reviewed ways to increase royalties on resource extraction.
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