ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas joined with the Attorneys General of California, Washington, and New York to file a challenge in federal district court in Montana May 10 in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to resume federal coal leasing without completing the required environmental impact statement as required by the National Environmental Policy Act.

“Yet again, President Trump is breaking the law and New Mexicans stand to pay the price for his illegal actions,” Balderas said. “New Mexico taxpayers must be properly compensated for coal produced in our state, and a big part of that compensation should be for the environmental impact that directly...