Yeah, many of us here screamed about this when Clinton did this in the final days in office. Now, we have had a Republican president for the last 8 years. We had a “Republican” Congress for 6 of those 8 years. Someone tell me why nothing was done to remedy this?
Probably because the reserves of low sulfur coal are plentiful in Wyoming and Montana.
Someone tell me where in the Constitution a president is granted the power to declare 1.7 million acres of a state off limits to commercial development. I don't have a copy of the Constitution here at my desk, but IIRC that is not a designated power of the executive branch.