Federal government OK’s expansion of Bull Mountains coal mine
Rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust north of Douglas, Wyo,, Jan. 9, 2014. (Ryan Dorgan/Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)
Citing a “national energy emergency,” the federal government gave a green light Friday to a long-delayed expansion of Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains coal mine near Billings.
The expansion of the underground mine, which exports coal to Japan and South Korea, has been repeatedly delayed by court orders finding that the federal government’s environmental vetting of the project was inadequate.
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