rrnut282how much coal is mined on these public lands?
Some sources claim that 30% of all US coal reserves lie under Federal land. Withe the current economic arrangements depriving tax payers of $1billion/year in lost revenue
I guess before deciding how bad this news is, how much coal is mined on these public lands?
The website Progress Report sent me the following article; it concerns the coal mining and transortation "problem".
Here is a copy of a paragraph from the article:The last time rules for coal mining on tax-payer public lands were updated, smoking was allowed on airplanes, airbags weren’t required in cars, and sewage was still dumped into the ocean. But today, the Obama administration announced a package of reforms to modernize and reform the federal coal leasing program.
http://about.bgov.com/blog/obama-gets-serious-about-war-on-coal-set-to-pause-leases-study-climate-impact/
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