Recently, the Trump Administration announced a broad plan to strengthen America’s coal industry. The Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency outlined new funding, expanded leasing, and regulatory relief to extend the life of coal plants to meet rapidly increasing electricity demand and ensure reliable, affordable, and dispatchable electricity.

For Wyoming, the top coal producer in the nation, these actions matter. Coupled with the July decision to reduce the royalty rate for coal on federal lands to seven percent and the State’s reduction of the severance tax on surface coal, Wyoming’s coal and mining industry is in a prime position to thrive after years of being tied to burdensome regulations and executive orders. Importantly, the tax

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