Secretary Burgum said clean coal plays a key role in “the production of electricity needed to fuel our future prosperity.”
The Department of the Interior (DOI) released a U.S. Geological Survey report on coal resources under public land managed by the federal government. The survey showed an estimated 4.2 billion short tons of coal reserves in active mines, and another 356 billion short tons of additional coal resources.
With 14 mines, Wyoming’s annual coal production was named as the largest in the U.S. by the department, containing 87 percent of the reported coal reserves in active mines on federal land. Colorado is listed with six mines, North Dakota and Utah four each, and Alabama and Montana respectively have three mines.
“American Energy Dominance is more important than ever, and so is beautiful clean coal’s role in the production of electricity needed to fuel our future prosperity,“ Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said. “Thanks to the USGS’s rigorous and independent assessment, we’re better equipped to manage America’s vast public lands responsibly while supporting energy security and economic opportunity.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Secretary Burgum as he heads the development of America’s natural coal resources.
- For Interior Department officials as they review and use the data collected from the Geological Survey to plan for the use of coal resources in the U.S.
Sources: Department of the Interior
