Mealey's (November 11, 2022, 12:37 PM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma can no longer regulate surface coal mining activities in most of the state because that job is now in the hands of the federal government after the U.S. Supreme Court determined in McGirt v. Oklahoma that the historical reservation of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation still exists today and is under federal jurisdiction, a U.S. district court judge in the state ruled in granting federal defendants summary judgment....