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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/montona_land_board_delays_decision_on_coal_leases14204/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: HELENA – Montana's Land Board said Monday it will wait at least another month to decide on leasing vast state-owned coal tracts — a development plan either decried as a "global crime" or lauded as a boon to the state's economy. The five statewide elected officials — all Democrats from the governor down — face a decision ripe with political consequences. The board members must decide what to do with more than half a billion tons of coal beneath 9,500 acres of land near Ashland just as private development plans gain steam.