{"id":1604775,"date":"2022-08-13T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T19:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604775"},"modified":"2022-08-13T15:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T19:33:53","slug":"trump-era-coal-lease-program-hit-with-setback-as-obama-era-freeze-gets-revived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-era-coal-lease-program-hit-with-setback-as-obama-era-freeze-gets-revived\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Era Coal Lease Program Hit With Setback as Obama-Era Freeze Gets Revived"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-era-coal-lease-program-hit-with-setback-as-obama-era-freeze-gets-revived%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal court has reimposed an Obama-era freeze on coal leasing from federal lands that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> axed in a bid to unlock domestic energy production, though the judge left the door open to resuming the coal leases if a more extensive environmental review is done.<\/p>\n<p>In a ruling on Aug. 12 (<a href=\"https:\/\/webservices.courthousenews.com\/sites\/Data\/AppellateOpinionUploads\/2022-12-8--12-49-57-417cv30.pdf\">pdf<\/a>),\u00a0U.S. District Judge Brian Morris faulted the Trump-era review of the coal leasing program for limiting the environmental impact review to \u201cjust\u201d three issues: greenhouse gas emissions, socioeconomic impacts, and water quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Court determines that such a limited analysis fails to consider \u2018all direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts\u2019 of re-starting the federal coal-leasing program,\u201d Morris wrote in the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said the\u00a0Bureau of Land Management (BLM) tried to curtail the potential environmental impacts of coal leases in its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review, calling the bureau\u2019s decision \u201carbitrary and capricious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morris also objected to BLM evaluating only four approved leases under the program, calling it \u201cinsufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the ruling, the judge said that the coal leasing program would be put on hold \u201cuntil the completion of sufficient NEPA review analyzing revocation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-moratorium\">moratorium<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to BLM for comment, with no response received by publication.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Department spokesperson Melissa Schwartz told The Associated Press that officials are reviewing the ruling.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Coal-2-1200x800-1.jpg\"><\/a> A coal truck leaves a coal mine near Cumberland, Ky., on Aug. 26, 2019. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images) \u2018End to the War on Coal\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>In January 2016, in a decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/secretary-jewell-launches-comprehensive-review-federal-coal-program\">known as<\/a> the Jewell Order, the Department of the Interior\u00a0put a temporary freeze on leasing federal land for the purpose of mining coal, in part over concerns about climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven serious concerns raised about the federal coal program, we\u2019re taking the prudent step to hit pause on approving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court has reimposed an Obama-era freeze on coal leasing from federal lands that former President Donald Trump axed in a bid to unlock domestic energy production, though the judge left the door open to resuming the coal leases if a more extensive environmental review is done. 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