A Navajo公司赢得了蒙大拿州主要煤炭租约,报价最低,反映出尽管得到政治支持,煤炭需求却不断下降。 A Navajo company won a major Montana coal lease with a minimal bid, reflecting declining coal demand despite political support.

纳瓦霍部落拥有的Navajo部落公司Navajo过渡能源公司赢得了蒙大拿州联邦煤炭租约,共出价186 000美元,价为1.67亿吨煤 — — 不到每吨一分钱的十分之一 — — 标注了十多年来美国最大的煤炭租赁销售额。 A Navajo tribe-owned company, Navajo Transitional Energy Co., won a federal coal lease in Montana with a $186,000 bid for 167 million tons of coal—less than a tenth of a penny per ton—marking the largest U.S. coal lease sale in over a decade. 唯一收到的投标是Powder河流域的土地,这是一个重要的煤炭生产区。 The bid, the only one received, was for land in the Powder River Basin, a major coal-producing region. 煤离春溪矿区很近,供应五座发电厂,准备在未来十年内淘汰煤炭。 The coal is near the Spring Creek mine, supplying five power plants set to phase out coal within the next decade. 尽管特朗普总统在政府关闭期间推动煤炭扩张, 并持续租赁化石燃料, 但专家表示需求不断下降, Despite President Trump’s push to expand coal and ongoing fossil fuel leasing during a government shutdown, experts say declining demand and the shift to natural gas and renewables make large-scale mining unlikely. 计划在怀俄明州进行另一次租赁销售。 Another lease sale is planned in Wyoming.