Wyoming coal is highly sought after in some countries. A surprising amount of it is exported to China. Archive: https://archive.today/eim0v From the post: >>The Bureau of Land Management has made it official Tuesday — coal leasing will end in the Powder River Basin by 2041. The move follows a court order in a federal lawsuit, Western Organization of Resource Councils et al. v. Bureau of Land Management. The judge on the case directed the BLM to redo its environmental analysis, and include both no-leasing and a limited coal leasing alternatives.