Wyoming Bets Millions It Can Bully Other States Into Taking Its Coal It all went down on April 6… Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon created a $1.2 million fund that would be used to help the state’s coal industry sue any state that blocks its coal exports. How did all of this come about? As reported by the AP: Last year, Wyoming and Montana... asked the Supreme Court to override a decision by Washington state to deny a permit to build a coal export dock on the Columbia River. The interstate lawsuit followed years of unsuccessful attempts by the dock's developer, Utah-based Lighthouse Resources, to contest the permit denial in federal court.