Dispute Over Coal Mine Expansion Remanded By Divided 9th Circuit

Mealey's (April 20, 2022, 7:01 AM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 4 said the U.S. Department of the Interior violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it failed to provide a “convincing statement of reasons why” expansion of a Montana coal mine would cause “insignificant” environmental impacts....