Court To Hear Appeal Of Challenge To Interior On Coal Mine Leasing

"A federal appeals court will hear a case brought by environmentalists suing the federal government over the environmental impacts of its coal-leasing program.
 
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Tuesday it will hear an oral argument in March over the lawsuit, brought by the Western Organization of Resource Councils and Friends of the Earth against Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke.
 
The suit challenges that the federal government is underplaying the impact of mining coal on the land it leases."

Miranda Green reports for The Hill January 16, 2017.