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SW: →200 million ton coal lease in Wyoming overturned: - add section
In this case, the Forest Service consented to the issuance of the South Hilight coal lease, which would have facilitated the expansion of the [[Black Thunder Mine]] in Wyoming. The lease included portions of the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeastern Wyoming. When burned, WildEarth Guardians contended, "the coal would release more than 400,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide—equal to the annual emissions from 87 coal-fired power plants."<ref>[http://www.wildearthguardians.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6729&news_iv_ctrl=1194 "WildEarth Guardians Scores Victories for Clean Energy"] WildEarth Guardians, Press Release, April 7, 2011.</ref>
====...then reinstated====
On Oct. 18, 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said it was planning to auction off 222 million tons of coal in the Powder River Basin, underlying 2,000 acres next to the Black Thunder Mine. The BLM says it will open sealed bids for the coal for Dec. 14, 2011, at the BLM Wyoming State Office in Cheyenne.<ref>[http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_d02fb798-f983-11e0-a610-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1bBRYjvly "BLM to auction off coal reserves near Black Thunder Mine"] Billings Gazette, Oct. 18, 2011.</ref>
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