News | September 18, 2015 06:08 PM EDT

Environmentalists Challenging Some Of West's Largest Mines - CBS Local

DENVER (AP) – Boosted by a recent victory in Colorado, an environmental group is expanding its legal campaign to try stop coal mining because of climate change by challenging permits for some of the largest mines in the West.

This time, New Mexico-based WildEarth Guardians is asking that a federal judge block mining at the Antelope Mine and Black Thunder mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, the El Segundo Mine in New Mexico and the Bowie No. 2 Mine in Colorado.

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