State attorneys have also petitioned the administrative court, asking that federal land managers be given the chance to fix a "discrete error" in planning documents.
Wyoming is seeking public comment on three proposed grants, including $6 million to coal giant Peabody Energy to sift critical minerals from the state's coal.
Black Hills Energy, working to comply with a 2020 state law, reported a “disappointing” response to requests for proposals to retrofit two Wyoming coal plants with carbon capture.
Wyoming would oversee federal licensing and permitting for radioactive byproducts of rare-earth-mineral mining, speeding up the process and making the state more attractive to industry.
