A federal judge late Friday delivered a significant setback to the Trump administration’s policy of promoting coal, ruling that the Interior Department acted illegally when it sought to lift an Obama-era moratorium on coal mining on public lands.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration failed to consider potential damage to the environment from its decision to resume coal sales from U.S. lands, but the court stopped short of halting future sales.

The auction is being held on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 10:30 am at the Smith Handling facility, 927 Penn Drive PA Route 443, Tamaqua, Pa. 18252.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report suggests Russia’s troll job likely paved the way for Democratic officials who would eventually go on to create a similar campaign ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

China allowed 11 provinces and regions to resume building coal power plants, in another sign that the world’s largest energy user is far from finished with the most-polluting fossil fuel.

Some residents oppose the mine, and neighbors on both sides of the debate turned out at a hearing Thursday night by Spencer County's Board of Zoning Appeals over the project.