GREAT FALLS, Mont.—A federal judge late Wednesday struck down two Bureau of Land Management resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of lowgrade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.
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The top five coal producing states and their percentage shares of total coal production in 2021 were: Wyoming 41%; West ia 14%; Pennsylvania 7%; Illinois 6%; Montana 5%; Coal is mainly found in three regions: the Appalachian coal region, the Interior coal region, and the Western coal region (includes the Powder River Basin).
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In 2010, Campbell County, where most of the Powder River Basin coal mines are located, produced nearly billion worth of taxable minerals, more than any other Wyoming county.
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Coal produced in the Appalachian region, for example, sells for 63 per short ton, but Powder River Basin coal sells for a shockingly low 13 per short ton—50 less per short ton.
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The first coal basin to be evaluated was the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana, because it has been the most productive coal basin in the United States over the past 25 years. The results of the PRB assessment were published in Professional Paper 1809 in 2015.
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From 2008 to 2018, coal production in the Powder River Basin declined nearly 35%, according to EIA. Projected declines for Powder River Basin coal production range from 9% (26 million tons) to 36% (107 million tons) through 2028. Although bleak, the projected downward trajectory might be interpreted as gradual.
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Like other coalproducing areas, the Powder River Basin has seen mine closures and job losses mount in recent years. Production hit a 50year low in 2020, and 151 coal mines were idled or closed.
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The biggest coal deposit by volume is the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, which the USGS estimated to have trillion short tons of inplace coal resources, 162 billion short tons of recoverable coal resources, and 25 billion short tons of economic coal resources (also called reserves) in 2013. The coal in the Powder River Basin is subbituminous in rank.
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Combined, Arch and Peabody account for more than half the coal production in Wyoming's Powder River Basin — the largest coalproducing region, by volume, in North America. Demand for Powder River Basin thermal coal, which is almost exclusively burned to generate electricity in the, continued to rise this spring with Arch and Peabody ...
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More than 40% of coal produced in the United States comes from 16 mines in the Powder River Basin (PRB), a mining region primarily located in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana. Four companies collectively own more than half of those PRB mines, and those 10 mines produced 87% of the Basin's coal in 2018.
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GILLETTE — Coal production in the Powder River Basin saw growth in 2021 after a significant pandemicrelated setback marred the extraction industry the year before. Amid an overall downturn in ...
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This report presents the final results of the first assessment of both coal resources and reserves for all significant coal beds in the entire Powder River Basin, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. The basin covers about 19,500 square miles, exclusive of the part of the basin within the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations in Montana.
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Fort Union Formation stratigraphy. The Fort Union Formation is a geologic unit containing sandstones, shales, and coal beds in Wyoming, Montana, and parts of adjacent states. In the Powder River Basin, it contains important economic deposits of coal, uranium, and coalbed methane. [1]
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Peabody stated that exports of coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming will be central to its expansion goals. The Oregonian in September 2010 reported that Northwest ports, and in particular ports in Portland, Oregon, may be used in the future to export coal to Asia. The Port of Portland said it doesn't have the space for coal ...
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The Powder River Basin (PRB) in Northeast Wyoming and Southeast Montana, which is traditionally more known for its coal production, was one of the fastest growing oil producing regions in North ...
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Coal. Wyoming, the nation's leading coal producer since 1986, provides about 40% of America's coal through the top 10 producing mines located in the Powder River Basin. Most Wyoming coal is subbituminous, which makes it an attractive choice for power plants because it has less sulfur and burns at around 8,400 to 8,800 BTUs per pound.
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productive coal region, the Powder River Basin, coal communities find themselves in the midst of a wellknown shift dubbed the "Seneca Effect:" although growth is slow and incremental, collapse is comparatively sudden. 1. Since hitting peak coal output in 2010, Powder River Basin coal production has fallen by half in a decade.
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This is way bigger than the immediate hardship that we face here in Wyoming." Lull in leasing. Coal production in the Powder River Basin — the nation's largest coalsupplying region — has declined 49% from 2008 to 2021, according to WyoFile's analysis of Mine Safety and Health Administration data. Even before Judge Morris ...
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The stratigraphy, correlation, mapping, and depositional history of coalbearing strata in the Paleogene Fort Union and Wasatch Formations in the Powder River Basin were mainly based on measurement and description of outcrops during the early 20th century. Subsequently, the quality and quantity of data improved with (1) exploration and development of oil, gas, and coal during the middle 20th centu
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The State of Wyoming is placing a million bet that, working with UW, it can help industry figure out how to tap into the 200 million barrels of oil reserves in the tricky Mowry Shale of the Powder River Basin. Signs outside an oil well site in Wyoming in this file photo. (Getty Images)
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A coal mine in the Powder River Basin has received state recognition for its reclamation efforts. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recognized the Coal Creek Mine with its 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for coal. Coal Creek Mine is operated by Thunder Basin Coal Company south of Gillette.
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Oil and gas companies have targeted the Powder River Basin for even more energy development, mainly coal bed methane drilling, a form of coal mining that requires large amounts of water and draws down the water table. If allowed to move forward, the operation—already approved by the federal Bureau of Land Management—will bring an estimated:
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These coal deposits are the thickest in the Powder River Basin (PRB), where Fort Union coal beds like the Big George coal and the Wasatch Formation's Lake DeSmet coal bed can be more than 200 feet thick. For more information on what coal is and how it forms, see the What is Coal page. Wyoming's Coal Quality
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A train carries coal to Basin Electric Power CoOp Laramie River Station in Wheatland on Thursday. After a devastating year for the industry, some believe coal could bounce back somewhat in 2021.
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The future of energy production in parts of Wyoming and Montana remains uncertain following a court ruling last week. A federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) two resource management plans for the Powder River Basin, which is a region in Wyoming and Montana that produces more than 40 percent of coal.. District Judge Brian Morris said the BLM failed to properly ...
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Monday, June 1, 2020 During Wyoming's halcyon days of coal in 2008, Powder River Basin mines collectively filled more than 100 twomile long trains per day and sent them rolling to power plants in 36 states. After 11 years of decline, the daily pulse of coal trains out of the basin slowed to fewer than 50.
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Other experts agree, with the federal Energy Information Association projecting that by the end of the year, coal production will increase by 15% over 2020 levels. That also could result in some idled coal mines reopening. That would be good news for the Powder River Basin, which produces 43% of all coal mined in the United States.
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The trend is expected to hit thermal coalproducing regions, such as Wyoming's Powder River Basin, even quicker than previously thought. Indepth journalism. In your home state. ... hitting coal supply regions like Wyoming's Powder River Basin even faster. By that measure, the electrical power sector already cut its 2011 peak coal use by ...
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Description Every day, 100 empty trains enter Wyoming. They leave fully loaded with coal. The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world, and much of it lies in the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana.
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This 37,500squaremile region known as the Powder River Basin is home to some of the largest coal mines in the world, and it supplies around 40% of the country's 700 million tons annually.
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