US rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as another sale falls flat | NYGazet

Federal officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in the West to fall through this month, the Interi... [3543 chars]