Mining group says fed coal lease review, moratorium ‘mirror activist wish list’

摘要

A barrage of inflammatory comments on the federal coal leasing programrnand the current moratorium on new leases came rolling in on July 28 as thernU.S. Department of Interior’s public comment period winds to a close.rn“The administration’s justifications [for coal lease program review andrnthe current moratorium] mirror the activist wish list for ‘keeping coal in thernground’ and lack any marks of a responsible, fact-based assessment of therncurrent federal coal program,” said NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn.