Gordon said, "Enacting a moratorium at a moment when coal is badly needed to ensure a secure and reliable energy supply is wrong-headed on many fronts."
U.S. officials have launched a review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
Governor Mark Gordon put a statement in response to a brief by the US Solicitor General's office that stated Wyoming and Montana don't have grounds to sue the state of Washington
The University of Wyoming receive close to $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research that focuses on expanding and transforming the use of coal and coal-based-based resources.
A bill to establish a $1.2 million legal fund in the top coal-mining state advanced without objection Tuesday to a final vote in the state Senate in the days ahead.