Ray Bloxham | Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Utah's Coal Hollow strip mine near Alton is expanding onto federal coal adjacent to its depleted private leases. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the BLM to conduct further analysis on the federal lease’s potential climate impacts after concluding the Trump administration failed to do an adequate job.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.