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VICTORY! Keeping 48 Billion Tons of Powder River Basin Coal in the Ground

Feb 12, 2016 | Climate & Energy

VICTORY! Keeping 48 Billion Tons of Powder River Basin Coal in the Ground WELC is working with our partners toward the goal of keeping Powder River Basin coal in the ground. As we hurdle toward the point of no return on climate, the federal Bureau of Land Management...

VICTORY! Stopping the Bull Mountain Mine Expansion

Apr 23, 2014 | Climate & Energy

VICTORY! Stopping the Bull Mountain Mine Expansion In the foothills of central Montana near Roundup, we kept 170 million tons of coal in the ground in 2017 and defended that victory in 2022. We defeated the Bull Mountain/Signal Peak Mine expansion, arguing that the...

Protecting Washington’s waters from toxic coal train pollution

Jul 26, 2013 | Wildlands

Protecting Washington’s waters from toxic coal train pollution It sounds impossible, but coal trains still operate in modern times without tops, spilling an average of 500 pounds of coal per rail car per train trip. With 120 or more cars per train, that adds up to 30...