Although the coal industry is in free-fall, a recent report has found that overall US greenhouse gas emissions are only down by 2.1 percent. Urgent action from the Department of the Interior must be a keystone of policy changes, as fossil fuels extracted from public lands create a quarter of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Time for public lands to step up to the climate plate
Jan 10, 2020
Issue: Climate Change
Subject: Mining
By Center for Western Priorities
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