Wyoming officials blame Biden for coal mine layoffs

Wyoming leaders blame Biden administration coal policies as well as bureaucratic delays they claim are deliberate for layoffs at the Black Butte coal mine in southwest Wyoming.

Nineteen miners were notified this week that they’d lose their jobs, and more layoffs could be in the works, according to reports.

WyoFile was unable to confirm the information with Black Butte Coal. Gov. Mark Gordon’s press secretary Michael Pearlman told WyoFile, “We don’t have any concrete information, although we had heard that there may be additional layoffs possible.”

The Black Butte mine, which is located east of Rock Springs and produces about 2 million tons of coal annually, employed 147 people during the third quarter of this year, according to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. One of the mine’s main customers is the Jim Bridger power plant, which Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company PacifiCorp owns.

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