"A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected environmentalists’ arguments that the Trump administration has to evaluate the climate change impact of leasing federal land for coal mining.

The three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled that the Interior Department is not obligated to update its 1979 review of the environmental impact of the federal coal program, despite substantial new scientific findings about climate change and the significant role that coal plays in warming the atmosphere.

The judges said that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) doesn’t compel a new environmental impact statement."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill June 19, 2018. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"4 Decades Out of Date, Federal Coal Lease Program's Impact Statement Lives On" (InsideClimate News) [3]

"Regulations: Greens Gird For Fight As White House Starts NEPA Overhaul" (Greenwire) [4]