[15] The LEC collaborates with the University of North Dakota to offer classes and research on the presence of neodymium, lanthanum, and other heavy metals being present in lignite.

"[19] The LEC is strongly opposed to the existence of, or expansion of, wind farms in North Dakota, which as of 2016 contributed 18% of North Dakota's electricity, claiming it is a direct threat to the coal industry and have sued coal plants that shut down due to lack of electricity demand due to increased wind farms.

[21] In 2015 the LEC organized and financed protests to the Clean Power Plan claiming that North Dakota was being singled out due to the state's reliance on Coal.

[23] In 2020 LEC chairman David Andahl won an election to the North Dakota House of Representatives for the 8th district as a Republican but died before he was sworn in.

[30][31] In 2025, in collaboration with the Petroleum Council, the LEC advocated for an expansion of resource extraction from the Bakken formation for America to secure the "leading edge of a low-carbon energy economy.

"[32] The "Lignite Energy Council Teacher’s Seminar" has been described as "A Bizarre Coal Industry Propaganda Program" as it is a program designed to convince teachers to teach kids that coal is “vitally important” and that includes worksheets for kids that identify carbon dioxide as “vital to plant life.” The seminar is paid by LEC member ratepayers and is therefore free for the participating schools.

[33] The LEC has a large footprint in the North Dakotan public school system, financing "Teacher of the Year" and other superlative awards as well as running several grant programs.

[37] When Minnesota passed legislation to become carbon neutral by 2040, the LEC considered suing the entire state due to the move being perceived as a threat to North Dakota's coal industry.

[2] In 2024 when the North Dakota Republican Party was adopting its positions for that year, there was a massive grassroots movement against carbon capture via a carbon pipeline that would transport other state's C02 to North Dakota due to the proposed usage of eminent domain to seize land from farmers to build the pipeline while some simply opposed the measure due to climate change denial and not seeing the need to reduce C02 emissions.

The LEC and its PACs mobilized a massive campaign to sway delegates to adopt the carbon pipeline into the party's positions, arguing that any North Dakota Republican that didn't support the measure had fallen out of line with Donald Trump.