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...bill's main impact will be on low-rainfall Western states like Montana, the Dakotas, New Mexico and Wyoming, which have 25 billion tons of coal reserves. There, reclamation is difficult and sometimes impossible. Complicating the problem is the new demand for Western coal, whose low-sulfur content makes it highly attractive to industries that must otherwise invest in expensive antipollution equipment during the next few years to conform with the federal Clean...
...Some coal producers are still hoping that President Nixon will veto the strip-mining bill. Their lobbyists insist that any regulation at all would "discriminate against energy values." National Coal Association President Carl Bagge calls the House bill a disaster, claiming that it virtually "prohibits" mining in many Western areas. Industry spokesmen argue that the committee bill could reduce coal production by as much as one-third. Not so, counter the environmentalists: underground mining of Western coal is feasible and could be profitable...
...prairies and in the regal valleys of Wyoming, where there are more cattle (1.4 million) than people (332,000), the standard headgear has long been the ten-gallon Stetson favored by ranch hands. But the Stetsons are now being joined by an increasing number of hard hats worn by coal miners, oil roughnecks, geologists and engineers...
Beneath the state's grazing lands lies the nation's richest treasure of high-quality, easily minable coal that the U.S. badly needs for energy...
...rush to exploit new or neglected energy sources is transforming the ranching economy of the whole Rocky Mountain region. In Montana, a $700 million electric generating complex is being built to convert local coal into power for the Pacific Northwest. In Colorado, a consortium of twelve companies is experimenting with ways to tap the oil and gas held in the state's vast shale deposits. In Utah, the leasing of shale lands has pumped $120 million into the state's coffers. But it is in Wyoming, where the antelope still play beside highways, that the changes are most...