Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it

…Godby said lawmakers privately acknowledge that coal is in a steep decline that will force either cuts in services or wildly unpopular tax increases, but that fighting for the industry publicly has become a litmus test for the Republican-voting electorate. "The lawsuits will fulfill that rhetoric because it will look like the state is pushing back against the leftists," he said…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/07/wyoming-coal-threat-mining-republican-governor