Photo: GEORGE FREY / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP/FileSource: AFPPAY ATTENTION: Leave your feedback about TUKO.co.ke. President Joe Biden's government on Thursday announced it was ending coal leases in the Powder River Basin, the nation's largest coal-producing region, drawing condemnation from the mining sector and praise from environmentalists. Biden has also targeted coal power plants with tough new rules requiring them to almost eliminate all their carbon dioxide output in the 2030s using carbon capture technology or shut down altogether. The Group of Seven countries last month likewise set a time limit for phasing out coal-fired power plants in the middle of the next decade. It won't affect current coal leases in the region, which spans southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming.
