Climate Central: Southern Utah is national park country -- five parks spread across scenic red rock canyons and picturesque mesas. It's also the scene of the Obama administration's ongoing coal leasing program, which allows mining companies to produce coal on federally-owned public land.
At a time when climate scientists are warning with increasing urgency that many fossil fuel resources must be left in the ground, the federal government is leasing publicly-owned land and minerals for coal mining at an increasing...