The Latest by Jenny Harbine

Managing Attorney

Landscape aerial photo of large open pit coal mine.
June 12, 2023

It Is Time To End the Era of Coal

Continuing to mine coal from public lands is fundamentally incompatible with the urgent action required to protect communities and combat climate change.

North Antelope Mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
September 23, 2022

The Biden Administration Must End Our Reliance on Coal

The U.S. coal leasing program is an outdated relic of the past that must be phased out immediately

The North Antelope Rochelle Mine, located in Campbell County, Wyoming, about 65 miles south of Gillette in the Powder River Basin.
September 22, 2022

The Biden Administration Must Act on Coal Leasing on Public Lands

The administration has refused to reinstate an Obama-era moratorium as U.S. coal consumption rises

coal ash waste
September 6, 2016

Montana Residents Must Curb Water Use — To Perpetuate Dirty Coal Power

Global warming, exacerbated by coal development, has led to record-low water flows in the Yellowstone River.