Jun 13 Environment Supreme Court Declines to Hear Coal Lawsuit Against Federal Government The United States Supreme Court has declined to consider a case that would have changed the fees coal companies pay for their exported coal. Right now, coal companies pay what’s called an “Abandoned Mine Land” fee on each ton of coal. A decade ago, Consol Energy and other companies, including subsidiaries of Massey Energy and […] By Erica Peterson Jun 13 Environment Supreme Court Declines to Hear Coal Lawsuit Against Federal Government Erica Peterson