Skyline Coal Mine Lawsuit Settlement Agreement

Utah’s largest coal producer, Canyon Fuel Company, has agreed to give up leases at two Utah mines that could have allowed between 9-40 million tons of coal to be recovered. The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in 2015 by WildEarth Guardians and the Grand Canyon Trust arguing that the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued a coal lease that year at the Skyline Mine in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in central Utah. Read the settlement agreement ›

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