Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

Bull Mountain Land Alliance and Northern Plains Resource Council accuse the state of violating the Constitution by changing coal mine permits without public input. In their lawsuit, they point to more than 300 changes made to the permit for the Bull Mountains Mine in south central Montana since the early 2000s.

In energy rich parts of the country, over one million acres of land is currently dug up and built on for coal mining operations. Reclaiming those…