Montana bill to expand coal mining on over 1.7 million acres of public land passes House. #CoalMining #Montana #PublicLands

House passes bill to up Montana coal mining on BLM land
Rep. Troy Downing sponsored House Joint Resolution 104, which would nullify a Miles City Field Office RMP amendment issued on Nov. 20 and open up more than 1,745,000 acres of BLM land in eastern Montana to coal leasing.