Coal companies say technology doesn’t exist to meet the Biden-era rule and could put the national electricity grid at risk.

Coal seams in North Dakota’s Williston Basin are a potential source, with Dan Laudal, a researcher at the School of ...

But whether there is a business case to mine for these elements in North Dakota is still up in the air because questions remain on how much of the coal has high rare earth concentrations ...

Five of North Dakota's active coal plants have received federal waivers ... the business group for lignite plants and mines, said the exemption gives the companies certainty that they don't ...

North Dakota lawmakers are advancing a bill to promote the development of rare earth minerals. The bill aims to establish North Dakota as a leader in rare earth mineral production, which is ...

Flanked by coal miners ... expansion of a Montana mine, while the Bureau of Land Management this month proposed an emergency coal lease for public lands in North Dakota. On the Senate floor ...

April 9 (UPI) --The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday $13 million in grants are being disbursed to reclaim abandoned mine lands in an effort to revitalize coal communities. "Restoring these ...

and the Bureau of Land Management is considering an “emergency” lease to mine coal in North Dakota. Trump on Tuesday also directed agencies to prevent aging coal plants from closing and to ...

House Bill 1459 aims to create a legal framework that would boost commercial development of rare earth elements and other "critical minerals" found in the beds of North Dakota's lignite coal.

In 2013, as certain butterfly populations plummeted across North American prairies ... “Butterflies are a bit of a canary in a coal mine,” he told The Canadian Press.